Material Self

Question 1

Consists of things that belongs to a person or entities that a person belongs to

Answer 1

Material Self

Question 2

These are important for survival.

Answer 2

Needs

Question 3

Synonymous with luxuries

Answer 3

Wants

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Utility
Significance

Question 5

concerned with the meaning assigned to the object.

Answer 5

Significance

Question 5

concerned with how things serve a practical purpose

Answer 5

Utility

Question 6

It is also concerned with how objects become powerful symbols or icons of habit and ritual which can be quite separate from their primary function.

Answer 6

Significance

Question 7

“Father of American Psychology”.

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William James

Question 7

refers to tangible elements of the self.

Answer 7

Material Self

Question 8

encompasses our interaction with our self and other people.

Answer 8

Social Self

Question 9

reflects our values, morals and beliefs.

Answer 9

Spiritual Self

Question 10

Composition of Material Self

Answer 10

Home
Immediate Family
Clothes
Body

Question 11

the study of objects as signs;

Answer 11

Semiology

Question 12

anything that conveys meaning.

Answer 12

Sign

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Roland Barthes

Question 14

2 levels of functions of signs

Answer 14

Connotation
Denotation

Question 15

involves meaning that are associated with or associated by the sign

Answer 15

Connotation

Question 16

the literal meaning

Answer 16

Denotation

Question 17

Two elements of signs

Answer 17

Signifier
Signified

Question 18

It refers to the physical form

Answer 18

Signifier

Question 19

It refers to the mental concepts it refers to

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Signified

Question 20

Suggests that material goods can fulfill a range of instrumental, social, symbolic and affective functions.

Answer 20

Theory of Meaning of Material Possessions

Question 21

Different Instrumental Functions of Material Possessions

Answer 21

Social Symbolic Functions
Categorical Functions
Self-Expressive Functions

Question 22

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

Answer 22

Social Symbolic Functions

Question 23

Which material possessions may be used to communicate group membership or status.

Answer 23

Categorical Functions

Question 24

Function that signifies a person’s unique qualities, values or
attitudes.

Answer 24

Self-Expressive Functions

Question 25

Ways of incorporating possessions into the extended self

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1. appropriating or controlling an object for personal use.
2. creating it
3. knowing them.

Question 26

An important omission in this list of modes is the acquisition of possessions of another person that have been intimately associated with that person.

Answer 26

Contamination

Question 27

Objects or Materials as Process of Self-Extension

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1. Ways of Incorporating Possessions into the Extended Self
2. Contamination
3. Maintaining Multiple Levels of Self

Question 28

when you pay more importance to material possessions than intangible values.

Answer 28

Materialism

Question 29

psychological disorder for people who are obsessed with having
material possessions

Answer 29

Compulsive Buying Disorder

Question 30

the pattern of consumption that describes the consumer.

Answer 30

Consumer Identity

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Consumerism

Question 32

the consumption of material goods and services in excess
of one’s basic needs.

Answer 32

Consumerism

Question 33

encompasses our interaction with our self and other people.

Answer 33

Social Self

Question 34

reflects our values, morals and beliefs.

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Spiritual Self