Material Self
This concept assumes that lower needs must be satisfied or at least relatively satisfied before higher needs become motivators.
Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
- the most basic needs of any person.
a. the only needs that can be completely satisfied or evenly over satisfied
b. recurring in nature
Physiological Needs
The Five Love Languages
1. Phsyical Touch
2. Words of Affirmation
3. Quality Time
4. Gift Giving
5. Act of Service
Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
1. Physiological
2. Safety
3. Love / Belonging
4. Esteem
5. Self-actualization
Heartfelt symbols to you of someone else's love and affection for you.
Gifts
a total of all the tangible things owned
Material self
Accorrding to William James primarily is about our bodies, clothes, immediate family, and home.
Materials self
According to _________, material self is primarily about our bodies, clothes, immdiate family, and home.
William James
_________ then become a part or an extension of self
- we are deeply affected with these things because we have put much investment of our self to them
- having investment of self to things, made us attached to those things
- the more investment of self is given to the particular thing, the more we identify ourselves to it
Possessions
- the innermost part of our material self
- we are directly attached to this commodity we cannot live without
- any ailment or disorder directly affect us
- certain preferential attachmen or intimate closeness to certain parts because of its value to us
Body
Components of Material Self
1. Body
2. Clothes
3. Immediate Family
4. Home
- William James, an essential part of the material self
- Lotze, objeect on surface of our body taking its contours
- bring sensations to the body which directly affect our attitudes and behavior
Clothing
______ believed that clothing is an essential part of the material self
William James
_______ tipulated that any time we bring an object into the surface of our body, we invest that ibject into the consciousness of our personal existence taking in its contourrs to be our own and making it part of the self.
In his book _________
Lotze, Microcosmus
a form of self-expression, we choose and wear ___ that reflect our self.
Clothing
- what they do or become affects us
- nearest replica of our self
Immediate Family
- earliest nest of our selfhood
- experiences inside were recorded and marked on particular part and things
- an extension of self, becasue in itt, we can dirertly connect our self
Home
The ___ investment of self given to a particular thing, the ___ we identify and attach ourselves to it.
more, more / less, less
A man's ____ is the sum total of all what he ___ call his. ___ then become a part or an extension of the self.
Self, Can, Possessions
- a persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions because of a perceived need to save them.
- person experiences distress at the thought of getting rid of items, hence an excessive accumulation of items, regardless of actual value occurs
- cramped living conditions, piled surfaces
Hoarding Disorder
"We regard ourr possessions as part of ourrselves. We are what we have and what we posses."
Russel Belk
Ase we grow older, putting importance to materials possession ________.
decreases
Material Possessions gains higher value when:
1. we use it to find happiness
2. associate these with significant events, accomplishments, and people in our lives