Material / Economic Self

Question 1

According to _____ _____, _____ combines needs and desire in the form of a practical object that can also reflect the user’s identity and aspiration through its form and decoration.

Answer 1

John Heskett, design

Question 2

_____ really matters from the smallest things like toothpick, spoon and fork. The kind of presentation of food that people eat up to the bigger gadgets, equipment and cars.

Answer 2

Design

Question 3

refers to tangible objects, people, or places that carry the designation my or mine.

Answer 3

Material Self

Question 4

Subclasses of Material Self

Answer 4

Bodily Self and Extracorporeal Self

Question 5

Also known as Beyond the Body

Answer 5

Extracorporeal Self

Question 6

A person speaks of my arms or my legs. These entities are clearly an intimate part of who we are. But our sense of self is not limited to our bodies.

Answer 6

Bodily Self

Question 7

The parts of our body

Answer 7

Bodily Self

Question 8

The Extracorporeal Self is referred as the extended self by _______

Answer 8

Rosenberg

Question 9

Any material possessions which extend our body.

Answer 9

Extracorporeal Self

Question 10

It includes other people (my children), pets (my dog), possessions (my car), places (my home town), and the products of our labors (my painting). It is not the physical entities themselves, however, that comprise the material self.

Answer 10

Extracorporeal Self

Question 11

• According to ____ _____, the material self primarily is about our bodies, clothes, immediate family and home. He believed a person’s clothes were one way they _____ who they felt they were, or clothes were a way to show status, thus contributing to forming and maintaining one’s ___-___.

Answer 11

James Rosenberg, expressed, self-image

Question 12

A French Critical theorist and was one of the first to observe the relationship that people have with objects and in particular looked at objects as signs or things which could be decoded to convey messages beyond their practical value.

Answer 12

Roland Barthes

Question 13

He popularized the field of semiology

Answer 13

Roland Barthes

Question 14

is anything that conveys meaning

Answer 14

Sign

Question 15

The study of object as sign

Answer 15

semiology

Question 16

Elements of Semiology

Answer 16

Signifier and Signified

Question 17

refers to its physical form (e.g. Diamond Ring)

Answer 17

Signifier

Question 18

refers to mental concepts (E.g. Engaged to be married)

Answer 18

Signified

Question 19

In _________ _____, _____ functions as signifiers in the production of meaning they construct a meaning and carry a message, which as a member of a culture one can understand.

Answer 19

Semiotic analysis, Objects

Question 20

Examine how words, photographs, images and objects work as language to communicate a range of ideas, associations, and feelings.

Answer 20

Semiotic or Semiology

Question 21

are the extended versions of oneself

Answer 21

Possessions

Question 22

The things we ___ is an extension of ourselves.
The things people ____, ____, and ____ themselves with might accurately reflect their personalities. Not surprisingly, the clothes one wear the car one drives and the furnishing of one’s home are all expression of oneself.

Answer 22

own, use, own and surround

Question 23

Signify aspects of one’s sense of self and identity.

Answer 23

Material Possessions

Question 24

Material Possessions are one’s ____ of ___ and ____ is influential on how an individual chooses to purchase his or her wants and he or she makes economic decisions that will address his or her personal and social needs.

Answer 24

sense of self, identity

Question 25

suggests that material good can fulfill a range of instrumental, social, symbolic and affective functions

Answer 25

Ditmar

Question 26

Relate to the functional properties of a product.

Answer 26

Instrumental Functions

Question 27

Signify personal qualities, social standing, group affiliation and gender role

Answer 27

Social Symbolic Functions

Question 28

Refer to the extent to which material possessions may be used to communicate group membership and status

Answer 28

Categorical Functions

Question 29

Reflect a person’s unique qualities, values or attitudes. There are people who may represent themselves by collecting object with Hello Kitty brand.

Answer 29

Self-Expressive Functions

Question 30

posits that “we regard our possessions as part of ourselves. We are what we have and what we possess”.

Answer 30

Russel Belk

Question 31

Material possessions gain _____ ____ in our lifetime if we use material possession to find _____, associate these things with significant _____, ____, and ____ in our lives.

Answer 31

higher value, happiness, events, accomplishments, and people

Question 32

we use them to signal to ourselves, and others, who we want to be and where we want to belong.

Answer 32

Material Possesions

Question 33

However, putting too much of one’s life on the things you own may have negative effects for one’s identity

Answer 33

Materialistic

Question 34

material possessions that we value across time and human development

Answer 34

Materialistic

Question 35

The idea that we can own something, is one that children grasp by the age of ___. And by __, they exhibit the “______ ____”, placing extra value on an object simply by virtue of it being or having been, theirs.

Answer 35

two, six, endowment effect

Question 36

Through ______, possessions increasingly reflect who people are, or at least how they would like to see themselves.

Answer 36

Adolescence

Question 37

Our things embody our sense of ___-______ and _____ still further, becoming ______ _____ for our memories, relationships and travels.

Answer 37

self-adulthood and identity, external receptacles

Question 38

______ is having a self-concept that is based on what one possess either intrinsically (abilities, skills, physical appearance) or extrinsically (clothes, social environment) _____ & ____, 2007

Answer 38

Materialism, Kashdan & Breen

Question 39

defined as the study of things that a person is lacking. How people make use of the things that they have and making the right decisions.

Answer 39

Economics

Question 40

the condition of the person, group or region as regards to material prosperity.

Answer 40

Economic Self Presentation and Identity

Question 41

the ability of an individual and families to consistently meet their needs.

Answer 41

Economic Self sufficiency

Question 42

The result of socialization and professionalization of the subject that acquires a particular significance in human affairs. Includes social perceptions, attitudes, relationship and opinions of person / social groups.

Answer 42

Economic Consciousness

Question 43

A psychological phenomenon that results from social categorization. The factors that affect the _____ of the individual are professional development and self determination as well as the motivational and value sphere of his personality.

Answer 43

Economic Identity

Question 44

Symbolic Motives

Answer 44

Status Affective Motive Rational Motive Emotional Motive

Question 45

A symbolic motive that is defined as the extent to which people believe they can derive of recognition or achievement from owning and using the right list of products, can be an important motivator of behavior. The importance ascribed to the ownership and acquisition of manners of goods in achieving major life goals.

Answer 45

Status

Question 46

A symbolic motive that is defined as a concept used in Environmental Psychological Affect (emotions) serves as a motivator of pro environmental behavior.

Answer 46

Affective Motive

Question 47

A symbolic motive that is defined as goals chosen according to objective criteria

Answer 47

Rational Motive

Question 48

A symbolic motive that is defined as goals chosen according to personal subjective criteria

Answer 48

Emotional Motive

Question 49

the pattern of assumption that describes the consumer people may no longer consume goods and services primarily because of tis functional satisfaction.

Answer 49

Consumer Identity

Question 50

Consumption has become increasingly more _____ _____ brands as often used as symbiotic resources for the construction and maintenance of identity.

Answer 50

meaning biased

Question 51

People may construct their ____ ______ through the consumption of commercial brand or luxury commodities.

Answer 51

social identities

Question 52

The preoccupation with and an inclination towards the buying of consumer goods.

Answer 52

Consumerism

Question 53

Consumerism is based on the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is ______ ______.

Answer 53

economically desirable

Question 54

____-____ _______ is attached to the identities of people. By ____ of ______, people respond to goods and services based on people’s assumptions that it is associated to pro social identities.

Answer 54

High-class consumption, Choice of Compulsion

Question 55

A new field that combines behavioral and cognitive psychological theory with conventional economics and finance to provide explanation for why people make irrational financial decisions fails to choose then that person chooses to fail.

Answer 55

Behavioral Finance

Question 56

is important when being confronted to buy something. On the other hand, when a person only buys goods because he needs them, He may feel incomplete for it lacks the joy buying for wants to provide the person.

Answer 56

Decision making

Question 57

tries to provide answers to these instantly faces of consumer’s behavior.

Answer 57

Behavioral Finance

Question 58

The study of why people buy things

Answer 58

Consumer Psychology

Question 59

Psychologists try to find the underlying cognitive processes that explain ______'s _____and how they respond to the ______ of ______, as well as the external stimuli that convince people purchase certain items.

Answer 59

consumers’ choices, influence of marketing

Question 60

Theories of Consumer Behavior

Answer 60

Behaviorism | Cognitive Approach

Question 61

A theory of consumer behavior that is defined as People’s actions are driven by external stimuli. We become convinced to do things because of some outside influence.

Answer 61

Behaviorism

Question 62

is the tendency of a customer to buy goods and services without planning in advance. When a customer takes such buying decisions at the spur of the moment, it is usually triggered by emotions and feelings.

Answer 62

Impulsive Buying

Question 63

An impulse purchase or impulse buying is an ________ ___ to buy a product or service, made just before a purchase. One who tends to make such purchases is referred to as an____ ____ or _____ ____.

Answer 63

unplanned decision, impulse purchaser or impulse buyer

Question 64

A theory of consumer behavior that suggests that our behaviors are caused mostly by our own mental processing.

Answer 64

Cognitive approach

Question 65

Factors in Purchasing items and Services

Answer 65

1. Financial Constraints 2. Availability of items and services 3. Influence of family and friends

Question 66

Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Answer 66

``` Self-Actualization Esteem Needs Belongingness and Love needs Safety needs Physiological Needs ```

Question 67

Self-fulfilment needs consist of

Answer 67

Self-Actualization

Question 68

Psychological Needs consist of

Answer 68

Esteem Needs | Belongingness and Love needs

Question 69

Basic Needs consist of

Answer 69

Safety needs | Physiological Needs

Question 70

achieving one’s full potential, including creative activities (Morality, Creativity, Spontaneity, Problem Solving, Lack of Prejudice, Acceptance of Facts)

Answer 70

Self-Actualization

Question 71

prestige and feeling of accomplishment | Self-esteem, Confidence, Achievement, Respect of Others, Respect by Others

Answer 71

Esteem Needs

Question 72

intimate relationships, friends | Friendship, Family, Intimacy

Answer 72

Belongingness and Love needs

Question 73

security and safety | (Security of body, of employment, of resources, of morality, of the Family, of health, of property

Answer 73

Safety needs

Question 74

Food, water, warmth, rest | Breathing, Food, Water, Sleep, Homeostasis, Excretion

Answer 74

Physiological Needs

Question 75

important for survival

Answer 75

Needs

Question 76

synonymous with luxuries

Answer 76

Wants

Question 77

A need is?

Answer 77

Functional need

Question 78

A want is?

Answer 78

Physical benefit

Question 79

A desire is?

Answer 79

Emotional Satisfaction

Question 80

In the process of acquiring material, goods people generally consider two things:

Answer 80

Utility and Significance

Question 81

how things serve its practical purpose

Answer 81

Utility

Question 82

concerning the meaning assigned to the object

Answer 82

Significance

Question 83

Family always gonna be there. The material things, they____ and ___.

Answer 83

come and go

Question 84

The essence of life dwells in ____ ____, not the _______ _______.

Answer 84

happy moments, material possessions