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Material Self Investment Explained

The document discusses William James' theory of the constituents of the self from his 1890 book The Principles of Psychology. James believed the self is made up of three parts: the material self, social self, and spiritual self. The material self includes possessions like one's body, clothes, immediate family, and home. James argued that the more invested a person is in certain possessions, the more those possessions become part of that person's identity and self. The document prompts the reader to make a collage of their treasured possessions and explain why each item is treasured.

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Material Self Investment Explained

The document discusses William James' theory of the constituents of the self from his 1890 book The Principles of Psychology. James believed the self is made up of three parts: the material self, social self, and spiritual self. The material self includes possessions like one's body, clothes, immediate family, and home. James argued that the more invested a person is in certain possessions, the more those possessions become part of that person's identity and self. The document prompts the reader to make a collage of their treasured possessions and explain why each item is treasured.

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To Buy or Not

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LET’S TRY THIS ..

Debit Card Challenge


A very wealthy person gave you a debit card
and told you to use it as much as you want to
make yourself happy . What are you going to
do with it ? Make a list of what you want to
have . Write many as you want .
• A Harvard Psychologist
in the late 19th century.

• He wrote the book ,


The Principles of
Psychology in 1980 that
understanding the self
can be examined
through its different
components . William James
The Constituents of the Self

Spiritual Self

Social Self

Material Self
BODY
• The innermost part of our material is body . We
are directly attached to this commodity that we
cannot live without .

• We strive hard to make sure that this body


functions well and good .
CLOTHES
” Philosophy of Dress ” by
Hermann Lotze
•James believed that clothing is an essential part
of the material self.

• The fabric and style of the clothes we wear


bring sensations to the body to which directly
affect our attitudes and behavior .
• Clothing is a form of self - expression .
FAMILY
•The third in the hierarchy is our “immediate
family” . Our parents and siblings hold
another great important part of our self. What
they do or become affects us .
HOME
Material Self Investment Diagram
Body
Clothes
Immediate family
Home
Having investment of self things , made us
attached to those things . The more investment
of self-given to particular thing , the more we
identify ourselves to it . As James described self ,
“ a man’s self is the sum total of all what he
CAN call his” Possessions then become a part or
an extension of the self .
“ we regard our possessions as part of
ourselves . We are what we have and
what we possess. “

Russel Belk
Collage Making
Create a collage of your treasured possessions . You
may use symbols or pictures of your treasured
possessions . Put a short caption why you treasure
each item.

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