3 COMPONENTS OF SELF (WILLIAM JAMES)

• 1. ITS CONSTITUENTS
A. MATERIAL SELF
B. SOCIAL SELF
C. SPIRITUAL SELF
D. PURE EGO
• 2. THE FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS THEY AROUSE -– SELF-FEELINGS
• 3. THEY ACTIONS TO WHICH THEY PROMPT -– SELF-SEEKING AND SELF-
PRESERVATION
 Body
MATERIAL SELF
Clothes
INVESTMENT
DIAGRAM Immediate family

Home
 BODY
•WE ARE INVESTING IN OUR BODY
•ATTACHED TO COMMODITY THAT WE
CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT
•WE STRIVE HARD TO BE WELL AND
GOOD
•WE VALUE MUCH OF IT
 CLOTHES
•ESSENTIAL PART OF THE MATERIAL
SELF
•THE CLOTHES WE WEAR BRINGS
SENSATIONS, DIRECTLY AFFECTS OUR
ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR
•CLOTHING IS A FORM OF SELF-EXPRESSION.
•WE CHOOSE AND WEAR CLOTHES THAT REFLECT OUR SELF
IMMEDIATE FAMILY
HOME
•IT’S WHERE OUR
HEART IS
• “OLD CLICHÉ IN
OUR ROOMS”
WE ARE WHAT WE HAVE
• WE REGARD OUR POSSESSIONS AS PART OF OURSELVES
• WE ARE WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE POSSESS
• WE USE MATERIAL POSSESSION TO FIND HAPPINESS, ASSOCIATE THINGS
WITH SIGNIFICANT EVENTS, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, AND PEOPLE IN OUR
LIVES.
• IT TELL SOMETHING ABOUT OUR WHO WE ARE OUR SELF CONCEPT, OUR PAST
AND EVEN OUR FUTURE