Carla and her family lost their home and everything in it in to a fire. People would console her by saying that at least her family was not harmed and that everything else can be replaced. She would reply, "I know it was just stuff, but it was our stuff and was special to us." This is reflecting Carla's ______.

A. self-concept
B. extended self
C. past self
D. ideal self
E. personal self

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The correct answer is letter B

The term extended self, which would be related to everything that is considered by the individual as his.

This seems to be the great separation between the self (me) and the extension of the self.  While the first is linked to what we consider as me; the second relates to the  things that we consider to be our own. Therefore, it is necessary to understand how the  processes of incorporating objects into the extension of the self, and also who they would be, or what  would be, these objects.

The objects that can be incorporated into the extension of the self are: possessions  personal, people, places and group possessions. For the first type of objects it seems to be easy  acceptance that is understood as an extension of the self, the example of the cell phone, which is  usually mentioned as my cell phone. People can also be considered as  part of the extended self at the moment when, for example, the mother considers her offspring as a  wonderful creation put into the world. Places, likewise, can be considered as the  extension of the self, such as the home, which is considered “my” home. Group possessions could  be linked to achievements that took place through group work, such as the achievement of  a trophy by a team, and this object being understood as the extension of the self of several  people. One can clearly see, in these examples, the distinction that is made between the self and what  it's mine (extended self).

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