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    GECC1

    01
    PREPARED BY:

    MR. ARUTA, MS. DEGOLLACION, MS.


    DUHAYLUNGSOD , MR. SEGARA, & MR.
    COLLEGE INSTRUCTORS
    NECESARIO
    COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
    MATERIAL SELF:
    TO BUY OR
    NOT TO BUY?
    SHOPEE
    LAZADA
    SHEIN
    AMAZON
    MATERIAL SELF
    • Product advertisements are suggestive
    of making us feel better or look good.
    Part of us wants to have that product.
    • Belk (1988) stated that "we regard our
    possessions as parts of our selves. We
    are what we have and what we
    possess." There is a direct link between
    self-identity with what we have and
    A Harvard psychologist in the late
    nineteenth century. William
    James, wrote in his book, The
    Principles of Psychology in 1890
    that understanding the self can
    be examined through its diff erent
    components. He described these
    components as:

    (1)its constituents;
    (2) the feelings and emotions
    they arouse-self-feelings;
    (3) the actions to which they
    prompt-self-seeking and self-
    preservation.

    The constituents of self are


    composed of the material self,
    the social self, the spiritual
    self and the pure ego.
    The material self, according to
    James primarily is about our
    bodies, clothes, immediate
    family, and home. We are deeply
    aff ected by these things because
    we have put much investment of
    our self to them.
    Body

    The innermost part of our


    material self is our body.
    Intentionally, we are investing in
    our 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. Any ailment or disorder
    directly aff ects us.
    Clothes

    Next to our body are the clothes


    we use. Influenced by the
    "Philosophy of Dress" by Herman
    Lotze, James believed that
    clothing is an essential part of
    the material self. Lotze in his
    book, Microcosmus, stipulates
    that "any time we bring an object
    into the surface of our body, we
    invest that object into the
    consciousness of our personal
    existence taking in its contours to
    be our own and making it part of
    the self." (Watson 2014).
    Family
    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 aff ects us.
    When an immediate family
    member dies, part of our self
    dies, too. When their lives are in
    success, we feel their victories as
    if we are the one holding the
    trophy. In their failures, we are
    put to shame or guilt. When they
    are in disadvantage situation,
    there is an urgent urge to help
    like a voluntary instinct of saving
    one's self from danger.
    Home
    The fourth component of material
    self is our home. Home is where
    our heart is. It is the earliest nest
    of our selfhood. Our experiences
    inside the home were recorded
    and marked on particular parts
    and things in our home. There was
    an old cliché about rooms: "if only
    walls can speak." The home thus is
    an extension of self, because in it,
    we can directly connect our self.

    As James (1890) 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 Are What We
    Have
    • Russel Belk (1988) posits that "...we
    regard our possessions as part of
    ourselves. We are what we have and
    what we posses." The identification of
    the self to things started in our infancy
    stage when we make a distinction
    among self and environment and
    others who may desire our
    We Are What We
    • Have
    As we grow older, putting importance to material
    possession decreases. However, material
    possession gains higher value in our lifetime if we
    use material possession to find happiness,
    associate these things with significant events,
    accomplishments, and people in our lives. There
    are even times, when material possession of a
    person that is closely identified to the person,
    QUIZ
    TIME!
    Complete the Material Self
    Concept:SELF
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