The psychology of stuff and things - our relationship with objects

How does the relationship with ours define us? An interesting article on Christian Jarrett's psychology of things is exploring the psychological approach to material culture. Does your Blackberry and iPad give you the confidence to do your job, or do you want your company's car to represent your image? It is an introduction to object psychology. It is worth reading for 10 minutes

As our lives evolve, ours reflects our sense of self and identity and becomes a container outside our memories, relationships and trips. "My house is not just a thing," Karen Roller wrote in 2010. "This house is not mere wealth, it is not a ruthless wall, this is an extension of my body and reflects what I want to do now.

The extent to which we consider ourselves as our own extension depends in part on how confident we are about our attitude. Kimberly Morrison and Camille Johnson led European Americans to be uncertain about the use of erroneous feedback on personal questionnaires ("The consistency of your answers is a clear statement of who you are They are not enough to build an image. "They answered by evaluating their belongings as a special self-expression - saying who they are. The same result probably does not apply to other American participants with Asian-American or collectivist spirit, as they are not so worried about their self-perception being threatened.

In the follow-up survey, people who gained high scores on individualism (not collectivism) wrote objects reflecting their self-concept and self-confirmed that the score was particularly high to some extent. It seems that rethinking about us will restore fragile self. The results will help explain some of the behavior related to the middle-aged crisis, such as when anxious 50-year-old children found comfort in the new Porsche. In a related study by Derrick Luke and Adam Galinsky of Kerrig School of Management, people feeling helpless (by remembering someone who managed time) will pay for silk ties and other highest values It showed that there is. Status item

When a positive ideal is embodied in the goods and goods we use, these goods and goods will play a positive psychological or spiritual role in our life. A well-designed product is a manifestation of mindfulness, including virtue such as perseverance, resilience, repetition, concentration, empathy, obsession. Regular use of these products gives you the opportunity to get closer to better self. When they are included in the problem, often intermittent psychological quality in our thoughts and actions becomes more stable and constant. Inner evolution took place, which is why we form an emotional connection with what we designed well. A well-designed item can help us grow to a better self and can provide us with a possible reminder

Human beings have a psychological phenomenon called Palaleidria, and we are seeing humanoid objects in our daily lives. The face is visible in the cloud, the animals in the cartoon are like people, the robots in the science fiction are human beings. Whether Siri, Cortana, M, we tend to be related to robots (Google overlooks the personality of robbing Google Now). No matter how smart the predictive intelligence is, no matter how much data is being collected, a feedback loop is required. Zima Blue is a wonderful short story by British science fiction novelist Alastair Reynolds and includes discussions on the nature of predicting intelligence. Let's choose white wine instead of red wine, enjoy a drink on a sunny afternoon with a friend, and enjoy it much more than a normal choice. The algorithm does not make sense for that fun combination. A single deviation does not significantly affect its prediction model.

In the fields of psychology, sociology, theology, philosophy, physics, neuroscience, and chemistry, there is much debate about the relationship between our emotions and the environment. Can emotions be predicted by current or past situations (including genetic, weather, abuse, unemployment, health etc.) or independently? Does our environment determine our emotions, or do we control it? If so, what is this "we"? What will it do? How is it separated from our environment?