Crs Test 1

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Ethnocentrism

Back 1

The expression in actions or judgments of a particular cultures viewpoint as being superior.

Front 2

Westernization

Back 2

US influence globally on dress, lifestyle and outlook.
Influence of west on the non-west.

Front 3

Global Perspective

Back 3

Sensitivity to diversity, understanding and appreciation of other cultures. avoiding ethnocentric bias.

Front 4

Technology

Back 4

Techniques used to construct objects.

Front 5

Ethnocentric Bias

Back 5

Viewing one’s own culture’s Practices,Values,Appearance as better than anothers.

Front 6

Ideology

Back 6

Beliefs, attitudes, and values
Set of rules to DEFINE good and bad, right and wrong.

Front 7

Purdah

Back 7

Rules regarding how women can dress when they are out in public in Islamic cultures

Front 8

Social Structure

Back 8

How humans organize themselves into groups/Assigning roles

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What are the two types of Culture

Back 9

ABSTRACT (NONMATERIAL) and MATERIAL
Dress involves both types

Front 10

What is Abstract Culture?

Back 10

ideal, religion, anything that is not material that has to do with the culture

Front 11

what is Material Culture?

Back 11

the material part of the culture

Front 12

what is the definition of dress

Back 12

An assemblage of modifications of the body and/or supplements to the body

Front 13

Types of dress

Back 13

>Body modification
>Body supplements

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Body modifications

Back 14

>Body color
>Body texture
>Body shape

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Examples of Body Modifications

Back 15

Transformation of...
>Skin
>Hair
>nails
>muscular/skeletal system
>Teeth
>Breath (odor)

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Body Supplements

Back 16

The envelopment and covering of the body or some part of the body.

Front 17

Early theories of why humans dress.

Back 17

>adornment
>Protection
>Modesty
>Immodesty

Front 18

Modern theory as to why humans dress

Back 18

Communication
>personal identity
>Social information

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Adornment types

Back 19

Corporal and External

Front 20

Corporal Adornment

Back 20

Cicatrisation (scarification)
Tattooing
Contortion
Removal of Body Parts
Piercing

Front 21

External Adornment

Back 21

The envelopment and covering of the body or some part of the body.

Paint and Make-Up
Proprioceptive
Intrinsic
Sartorial
Local

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Purpose of Adornment

Back 22

display
attraction
aesthetic expression
belonging

Front 23

What type of adornment is both external and corporate.

Back 23

Hair Styling

Front 24

Cultural Learning

Back 24

Socialization- Internal taught to members of a culture.

Diffusion- Spread from one culture to another.

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Cultural Standards dictate how a person may adorn the body, and may in turn...

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Limit a persons choices.

Acceptance by society (SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE)
The form that cultural standards take differ from culture to culture.

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What are some Global Cultural Standards

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Cleanliness, Health, and youth

Front 27

Dress Protects Humans from

Back 27

Elements, Animals and Supernatural forces.

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What are the two types of Protection

Back 28

Psychological and physical.

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Psychological protection

Back 29

Gain protection or assistance from unseen forces.

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Physical Protection

Back 30

Protection from weather, animals, other humans and disease.

Front 31

PHYSICAL VS. PSYCHOLOGICAL Protection.

Back 31

Physical a secondary function

Psychological or supernatural primary (related to adornment)

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Modesty

Back 32

Having a regard for decencies of behavior or dress.
>Concealing body parts
>Different across cultures
>Response universal within a specific culture
>Associated with shame


Contemporary Western society
between ages 3 and 5

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Two Kinds of nudity

Back 33

Unconscious Nudity
Conscious Nudity

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Immodesty

Back 34

>Reveal Body Parts
>Sexual Attraction
>Direct Attention
>Not a widely used theory

Front 35

Modesty and Imodesty

Back 35

>Complex
>Context-bound
>Secondary motives

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Communications

Back 36

>Transmission of information and ideas by symbols
>Communication is a Result of dress

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Perception

Back 37

Process of Sensing data and Transmitting to the brain

Front 38

Person Perception

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The way we learn and think about other individuals
>Characteristics
>Intentions
>Inner states

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Processes of Person Perception

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>First Impressions
>Stereotypes

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Precision

Back 40

Stability = Increased Precision
Change = Decreased Precision

Front 41

Types of Economic Systems

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Subsistence Economies
Barter Economies
Centrally Planned Economies
Market Economies

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SUBSISTENCE ECONOMIES

Back 42

Pre-industrial societies
Family or clan govern
Group meets own needs
Homogeneous (similar) dress

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BARTER ECONOMIES

Back 43

Less group isolation
Family primary social unit
Product(s) or service(s) traded
Dress is created by:
>Simple spinning/weaving
>processing Simple construction

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CENTRALLY-PLANNED ECONOMIES

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Government determines:
>production &
>distribution of goods
Production exceeds need
Workforce is needed
Dress:
>Infrequent changes in styles
>Fabric production limited
>Fashion change avoided

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MARKET ECONOMIES

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Free market forces
Supply and demand
Technologically advanced societies:
>Mass production, distribution
>Mass marketing,communication
Dress:
>Based on Fashion Cycle
>Waste valued

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What is Proprioceptive?

Back 46

An object that is warn to increase the size or scale of the body

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Intrinsic

Back 47

an item of dress that has special value

Front 48

sartorial

Back 48

decoration applied directly to cloathing like beadwork or embrodery.

Front 49

local

Back 49

an item the draws attention to a specfic place on the body. like a neckless would draw attention to your neck