DRAM80 Exam

Democratizes styles and fashions is an example of

Fast Fashion

Slow Fashion focuses on

simple designs, materials that promote durability, and quality over quantity

Ava creates handmade jewelry that is sold at the Art Market on Saturday morning. This artistic process and exchange is an example of

Slow Fashion

The fashion industry can cause issues such as

damaging the environment, consumer behavior issues, and body image issues

The Good Life Path to happiness includes

love of learning and appreciate of beauty

Body image is best described as

A person’s subjective picture or mental image of their own body.

Sensory input is

the response of our sensory organs to stimuli from the environment

Psychology of Fashion (Dr. Dawnn Karen)

The study and treatment of how color, beauty, style, image, and shape affect human behavior.

Self-fashioning

The process of constructing one’s identity to reflect a set of cultural standards or social codes.

The Pleasant Life (Dr. Martin Seligman)

Can be reached if we appreciate basic pleasures such as companionship.

Sustainable fashion

Clothing that is designed, manufactured, distributed, and used in ways that are environmentally friendly.

Why do we need to study fashion from a psychological perspective?

Everybody wears clothing. Clothing is the closest thing to our skin. Psychologists can help with issues that are caused by the fashion industry. Fashion employs millions of people. It is an element of their lives.

Among the worst for damaging the environment?

Fashion Industry

True or False: Studying fashion from a psychological perspective can help the millions of people the industry employs.

True

True or False: The clothing we wear tells a major story about who we are to the world and have a major impact on our emotions and mood.

True

True or False: Slow Fashion is inexpensive and a great example of the democratization of clothing.

False

True or False: Slow Fashion is associated with style manufacturers and makes clothing affordable.

False

True or False: Objectification Theory describes how our self-perceptions and our perception of how others perceive our body are shaped to the degree to which we are treated as an object.

True

True or False: Dr. Martin Seligman’s Eudaemonic Theory measured the sense of where you are to the degree to which you are fully functioning.

True

True or False: The Hedonic perspective supposes that there is little or no degree to where you are subjectively than to where you idea circumstances could be.

True

Body Image is best defined as

A person’s perception of their aesthetics or sexual attractiveness of their own body & a product of personal experiences, personality, and a variety of social and cultural forces and compromises a cognitive and emotional component.

True or False: Gaze is a visual inspection of the body; the woman’s body is separated from her as a person and regarded as representative of her.

True

Women tend to develop more _______ selves and relate their self esteem to the quality of their relationships.

Interdependent

What are the factors that influence how a person dresses?

Degree of self-awareness, availability of items in stores, and body shape.

True or False: Fashion Sub-Cultures are groups based on certain features of clothing and appearance that make them distinguishable as a subset of the wider culture.

True

True or False: An item of clothing that is no longer being worn and has outgrown its utilitarian function can instead hold a nostalgic connector to memories.

True

Socialization

The process of acquiring and propagating norms, customs, values, and ideologies that enable individuals to function appropriately throughout the lifespan.

Men tend to develop more ______ selves associated with their self-esteem.

Independent

Clothing allows us to __________ certain aspects of our body.

accentuate or conceal

What can influence our attitudes about our “self”?

culture, family, and community

True or False: The socialization process “once complete”; assess it by measuring it against societal and cultural norms and the feedback we receive from others.

False

Adolescent girls tend to be influenced by their ________ in their clothing choice.

objectification influencers and social population

True or False: In social media women are portrayed as thin and men are portrayed as muscular.

True

According to ________ comparison theory, humans are driven to assess their progress and standing in life by seeking standards against which to compare themselves, potentially for perceived self-improvement.

social

As social perceives we learn about others by ______________ their physical appearance and communication including gestures, posture, facial expressions, and movement.

observing and interpreting

True or False: Fashion enables us to achieve a social identity, a sense of belonging to the social world.

True

Color psychology

The study of how colors affect your behavior, mood, and impressions on others.

What is the idea behind blue uniforms?

Blue should convey an authoritative yet calm and confident presence, just like the color itself.

Because it is an extrovert color, it also makes people forget about inhibitions and show-off at least a little.

Orange

As a soothing, relaxing color, it enhances stability and endurance. It is most often associated with growth and renewal, and it promotes optimism, hopefulness, and balance.

Green

Appearance Anxiety

Manifestation of concern with self-monitoring one’s appearance.

Safety Anxiety

Concern of clothing for one’s safety and monitoring appearance to avoid harm.

Objectification Theory

Self-perceptions & perception of others are shaped by how we are treated as an object.

Social Comparison Theory

Motivated to gain accurate/positive feedback through comparisons of others for self-evaluation.

Body Image

Product of personal experiences, personality, and a variety of social and cultural forces.

Hedonic

Subjective well-being associated with pleasure attainment and pain avoidment.

Eudaemonic

Psychological well-being in terms of meaning and degree of full functionality.

Pleasant Life (Dr. Seligman)

Achieved by appreciating basic pleasures like companionship.

Good Life (Dr. Seligman)

Discovery and utility are unique virtues and strengths, focuses on deeper form of wellness.

Meaningful Life (Dr. Seligman)

Further enhance our unique strengths by contributing to the happiness of others.