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    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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    The Material Self

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    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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    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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    The Material Self

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    Ronalyn Graida
    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

    to Buy ?
    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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