Intro

Question 1

What is the self according to William James?

Answer 1

• duality of self: ME and I

Question 2

What is the ME?

Answer 2

• objective self or sense of self as an object of reflection
• material self
• social self
• spiritual self

Question 3

What is the material self?

Answer 3

• physical entities that belong to a person

Question 4

What is the social self?

Answer 4

• shaped by and expressed through interactions with others
• we have as many selves as people we have interactions with

Question 5

What is the spiritual self?

Answer 5

• the inner self
• who we are at our core

Question 6

What is the I?

Answer 6

• subjective part of the self
• part of self that thinks, experiences, and perceives
• consciousness
• enables us to have a sense that our experiences belong to us rather than someone else
• provides continuity between the past, present, and future self

Question 7

What is the self?

Answer 7

• both the ME and I
• your social identity and your inner processes that enable you to operate your body successfully in society
• it is dynamic