Material Self

• William James - "... sum total of all he call his..."
• Composition of the Material Self

  - Body, Clothes, Immediate Family, and Home
• Body - we are directly attached to this commodity that we cannot live without
• Preferential Attachment - intimate closeness to certain body parts
• Clothes - the fabric and style we wear brings sensations to the body to which directly affect our attitudes and behavior
• Clothing - a form of self-expression
• Style and brand - are the visual elements that make up a symbolic significance
• Immediate Family - are likely shape and influence the development of our self identity
• Parents and Siblings - hold another great important part of our self
• Pets - could also symbolically define a person's emotions and identity; an expression of one's social status, pride and prestige
• Home - where our heart is
• Home - the earliest nest of our selfhood
• Material Possessions - reflection of hard work and success
• Material Possession - the measurement of people success
• Materialism - the importance people give on material possessions
• Materialism - a negative effect of desire for material possessions
• Materialistic Person - someone with high level of materialism
• Materialistic person - excessively concerned with the acquisition of material possessions
• Compulsive Buying Disorder - a psychological dysfunction or impairment caused by strong desire of material possessions
• Compulsive Buying Disorder - the obsession with shopping and buying that causes adverse consequences
• Possessions - visible in the eye of others
• Examples of Possessions: cars, house, gadgets, and clothes
• Effects of Lack of Material Possessions: Anxiety, Insecurity, Depression
• Consumer Culture - a social system in which consumption is dominated by the the consumption of commercial products
• Consumerism - the consumption of material goods and services in excess of one's basic needs
• Consumerism - closely tied to materialism