Human Communication And Its Own Purpose

“BEFOR I CAN TALK TO YOU, PEOPLE SHOW THEIR SEX, AGE, CALSS, POSITION, WITH WHAT THEY ARE WEARING. ALL THIS IS REGISTERED UNCONCIOSLY“ Those words said by Alison Lurie in the language of clothes (1992), reflect perfectly the main point of my research. The society we are now living is an extremely conscious society regarding body image and the way we are presented to the exterior. We found an obsessive trend on wanting to look like celebrities by having certain items or looks and in relation to that a fear of not being percepted the tight way. This is where we found relation to how clothes are part of a conversation we haven 't started and are a form of expression. As there will be explained further on, we use clothes as a sign of our identity,as a way of representing ourselves and stand out from the crowd and also influence on how we appear in front of others making them (clothes) a huge part of our non verbal communication. This essay will discuss the ideas behind self -expression and the role of clothes has changed in that mater thought time.

Over the course of the history of clothing styles and production, one thing has never changed: a person’s wealth directly influences

We all have been in that situation that requires us to be professional but also still show our personality. It is not easy trying to balance them either. One could decide to just be strictly professional or entirely show one’s personality. In some workplaces one needs to show clients one is always professional. Certain workplaces have dress codes and policies of what one can or cannot wear. Trying to figure out can be hard and sometimes impossible. This paper explains the nonverbal communication with the artifacts one wears. By looking at clothing and its purpose and what else it can bring to the table. Along with accessories and how they play a role in our image. Focusing on eye glasses and what they communicate to one’s co-workers. Then looking at how tattoos and piercings can affect our work environment.

While on a shopping trip, a group of my friends had decided to purchase the more expensive designer clothing. I, on the other hand, was attracted to my favorite attire – a generic tee-shirt and a pair of athletic shorts.

A person with poor dressing style may be portrayed as one who is disorganized. Instead, a person with proper dressing style will manifest a diplomatic or conservative representation of order and respect. The image clearly represented someone who indeed has a

In the end, Ehrenreich found herself unsuccessful in obtaining a job, and as she reflects on her journey she critiqued the current white-collar corporate world on its “ill-defined expectations, of manipulation and mind games, where self-presentation—as in “personality” and “attitude”—regularly outweighs performance” (Ehrenreich 234). Ehrenreich argues that self-fashioning, along with the attitude transformation preached by career coaches is not what people need to obtain secure and worthy jobs, but rather, it is society and its culture that needs to change. Though there is truth to Ehrenreich’s concern for the corporate world’s unforgiving nature and its false priority of image over skill, I think that Ehrenreich goes too far in rejecting the idea of self-fashioning. From Ehrenreich’s book, we could see a few ways to self-fashion: by tweaking our résumés, dressing up to make ourselves make look presentable, going past our introverted selves to network with others, and speaking up confidently to tell others what we want. Though all these actions seem superficial, I claim that self-fashioning

Fashion reflects the attitudes of a society more than any other art form. Like art, fashion is a material record of the ideals that swayed the nations at the time of their creation. Through examining the styles, and tastes of a particular era, we can realize where the interests and priorities of a time lie. As Frank Parsons wrote in his 1920 study, The Psychology of Dress, "There is surly no better field in which to trace the devious paths of human thought than in that of clothes, where man has ever given free play to self expression, in a way which, thought not always a credit to his intelligence, is yet quite true to his innermost self, whether he will acknowledge it or

In Covert Job Hunters Need Dress-Code Discretion by Rachel Emma Silverman, Mr.Lopez a man on the lookout for an investment bank job. The workforce has been noted to have suspected employes to be dressed one up than the uniform of the employee. Lately it has lacked, causing professionals like Mr. Paul Capelli a former public relations employee for Amazon to take a stand for what an interview should be like. He has information may people of all the do’s and don’t’s of the wardrobe during an interview. With his helpful tips Mr. Lopez got the job.

This article Boot's with no Bootstraps by Diane Turner-Bowker shows the importance of first impressions and how the world around us views are clothing choices and our appearances from the students sitting around us to the interviews we had last week. A well-dressed individual who reflects a positive appearance to the world will affect not only there our own self -worth but it will impact our lives from our personalities to our credibility, our compliance, our behaviors, as being powerful or having a higher status. Studies have shown that if a person dresses nicely from an interview or shows up looking nice for class their physical attractiveness will affect both the classroom to getting the job. When interviewing for job studies were shown, that when women wore darker colors than lighter colors,

“Think about this: Two people get dressed in the morning. One person throws on whatever clothes are available; the other takes the time to select an outfit and make sure it’s clean, pressed, and put together. WHo makes the better impression? The carefully dressed person is thought of as calmer, more powerful, smarter, and more thoughtful than the sloppy one. In an experiment to test perceptions and appearance, teaching assistants who wore formal clothes were perceived as more intelligent than those who dressed more casually. A Harvard study found that women who wore makeup were considered more competent and likable than their barefaced counterparts.”

First a notable influence of fashion on self-perception is that it leads to a person developing confidence. The manner in which an individual has dressed will determine whether he will be confident or not. What an individual wears at a certain point leads him or her to develop power not only on himself but also on others. Evidence of this can be shown in a research carried out in the

Ever since their invention many centuries ago, clothes have been used as a way of communicating. The message communicated relies on a number of factors including the social background of both the communicator and the receiver, and the context in which the message is communicated. Although at times the exact message or symbolism one is trying to portray may not be clear, it is evident that clothing has long been embraced as one of the best ways to project one’s desired personal image to those around them.

The researchers conducted five different studies, all of which used undergraduates as participants of the study. For the first study, the participants were sixty undergraduates and 78% were female. In the study, researchers studied the relationship between clothing and abstract processing, while accounting for the covariant, socioeconomic status. Participants were asked to rate the formality of their currently worn clothing in relation to their peers on a scale from -50 to +50. In addition, they were given a behavioral identification form in

To gain knowledge of how we communicate to others through the way we dress, we have to first understand what identity is. Identity is what we choose to represent ourselves as, be that a gender identity, a sexual identity; it is completely up to the individual as a person to make that choice. Identity forms the basis of one’s pride and being accepted socially only adds to that ego and integrity. The psychology of the matter is the way we dress is more or less based on our moods, habits, inspirations, past, present and future. The character of a person is reflected in the way that they dress, Clothing can act as a simple glance into someone’s life, as we are already know that different clothing can represent different means of culture; Clothes are used a language to communicate with society and to commonly let them know what you want to be viewed as.

As stated before, psychology is a form of self-expression, and a form of visual communication. The way one dresses may put one in a fashion subcategory. These subcategories are thought of as a whole and are subject to judgment and discrimination of sorts. For example, a person with many tattoos and a vintage style of clothing may be viewed as a “hipster”, and hence the viewer may assume many things of the individual. The fit of garments say many things about oneself. Made-to-fit clothing on men in the business world is more respectable than non-tailored clothes. With women, skirt suits create the balance between attractiveness and masculinity in order to appear respectable, much more than the overly aggressive pant suit. One may see the effect of clothing when one researches on how to dress for an interview in order to make an impression upon the hiring manager.