Read “The Psychology of Stuff and Things” and answer the following questions. Then “submit” your work.
1. Summarizing What are the steps in the process that Jarrett describes?
2. Meaning What does the author mean when he says that “our essence lives on in what once we made or owned”? (para. 1).
3. Details Explain the importance to sports fans of collecting paraphernalia and wearing team colors. To what part of the process does this relate?
4. Vocabulary Explain the meaning of each of the following words as it is used in the reading: essence (para. 1), memorabilia (4), materialism (5), seminal (6), receptacles (8), and prosthetic (16).