Fash 419 Midterm

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Self Concept

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your view about who you are as an individual
(global concept)

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Self is socially constructed

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by virtue of interaction with others including social feedback and comparison (verbal or nonverbal)

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Charles Cooley

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the process of percieving ourselves through our imaginations of others
"looking glass self"

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Self concept is not

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fixed or constant

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a person redefines, revises and maintains a sense of self-concept through

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continuing internalization of self in relation to social expectations (social roles, occupational roles)

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Socialization

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the process through which individuals become socially adjusted to the standards and values of a given society

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2 types of socialization

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-primary socializations
-secondary internalizations

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Identity

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the organized set of characteristics an individual percieves as representing or defining the self in a given social situation

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Appearance management

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allows individuals to anticipate what identities they would like to have in a social situation so they can present themselves accordingly to others

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Dress

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announces various meanings and identities are socially constructed

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Social identities

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identities assigned and attributed to individuals by society
(born with: ehtnicity, gender, religion)

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Personal identities

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identities that are achieved when people earn or create their own
(rewarding career, academic achievements)

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Self Presentation

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a process of displaying an identity, important part of self-concept

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appearance management is a means of

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self presentation

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self

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distinguished in terms of private vs. public contexts

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2 types of self-conciousness

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private
public

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Private self-conciousness

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"I reflect about myself a lot"

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Public self-conciousness

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"I am very concerned about they way I present myself"

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People high in public self-conciousness

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view themselves as social objects and try to create a socially desirable image

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Through dress people tell others:

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-what kind of person they are
-what kind of person they think they are
-what kind of person they want to be
-what they think about the person they represent

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Brand-personality

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personality represented by a brand

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Evaluation

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person descriptions related to the positive/negative component of a person or relationship perception

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Characterisitics of Evaluation

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-Activity
-Control
-Stimulation-arousal

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clothing symbols are not

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static and assume diff. meanings depending on where, when, how, and who wears them
(ex: Halloween party)

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Culture

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guidelines for what we should wear together or what is associated with one another

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Code

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the rules of association or underlying pattern
(culturally perscribed)
(ex: male w/ suit also wears tie)

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Message

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individual's own manipulations of appearance rules; the process of making meaning through everyday choices

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Signifier

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the vehicle through which a sign conveys its message

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Signified

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the message or idea being expressed

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Wardrobe

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a stock of clothing belonging to a person accumulated over a long period of time

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Wardrobe consists of:

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-wearables
-nearly wearables
-non wearables

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Wearables

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items worn often

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Nearly wearables

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need mending, update

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Non Wearables

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seldom, if ever worn

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Need for wardrobe planning

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people have more activities, clothing options, and less time to figure out what to wear

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Good clothing plan

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-meets lifestyle and personality needs
-coordinate in style, colors, and texture

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wardrobe planning

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everything should be in harmony

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Key to a good wardrobe

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"clothing that fits your life style"
(ex: business exec., college student, airline pilot)

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5 Step Wardrobe Planning

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1) Closet Cleanout
2) Put your look together
3) Determine your needs
4) Budget time and money
5) Be a smart shopper

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Closet Cleanout

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Make 3 piles:
-keep and wear
-maybes
-discards (recycling)

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Put your look together through:

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-body type
-color
-personality type
-lifestyle (a variety of clothing needs)

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Determine your needs

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-what do you need it for?
-what do you like/dislike about it?
-what are the gaps? work/cas/dress

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Expand figure

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contrasting and light colors

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Shrink figure

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dull and dark colors

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Add dimension

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shiny, heavy, bulky, horizontal stripes

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Make you smaller

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vertical stripes, small motifs, closely related colors

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Budget time and Money

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If an item goes with 3 diff. outfits and is wearable to 3 diff. events it is a good investment

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Successful Dressing (Wardrobe engineering)

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Organizing your appearance to project the image you would like to get across

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Steps for Successful Dressing

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1)consider your job & audience
2)consider your coloring and what colors flatter you
3)consider your body type
4)consider your personality

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Successful Dressing (Wardrobe engineering)

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Organizing your appearance to project the image you would like to get across

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Steps for Successful Dressing

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1)consider your job & audience
2)consider your coloring and what colors flatter you
3)consider your body type
4)consider your personality

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self schema

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structured though processes that organize, modify, and integrate qualities assigned to the self

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self-indication

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"inner dialouge"
-conversation within the self through which one defines and explains to one's self

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I

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active component of self

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Me

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helps to control the I by providing social consious of "other"

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Appearance is

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a phase of social transaction where identities of people interacting are established

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Programs

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responses made about the wearer by the wearer

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Reviews

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responses or interpretations made about the wearer by others

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Social Location

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-where and when a person is born
-social and political ideologies prominent in one's culture and family

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Primary socialization

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-when we initially form concepts of self
(childhood and adolescence)

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Secondary Internalizations

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-maintaining or refining our self-concepts

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Pre-Play

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infancy and early childhood
-don't know how they are expected to dress

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Investiture

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one does not select their own clothing

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play

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-2nd stage of primary social.
-individual experiments with diff. identities and watches other's reactions

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Significant Others

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people who's attitudes are expecially important during the play stage

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objective self

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emphasis on tangible and physical qualities of self
(body, clothes, toys)
- 5 yrs. old

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Subjective self

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-10 yrs. old
-emphasis on internal, more abstract attributes and abilities
-diff. between self and others

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Game stage

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-3rd stage of socialization
-development of abstract self-thought processes

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generalized other

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-the "others" in one's social world whos norms and values are internalized

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subjective-process level

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-mid to late adolescence
-integrates personal traits and appearances that seemingly conflict with one another in line with contextual considerations

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reflected appraisals

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how we see ourselves through the eyes and impressions of others

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mnemonic value

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clothes have sentimental associations

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comparatice appraisals

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social comparison

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self-symbolizing

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the use of symbols to build a complete self-definition when one senses a lack of completion

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Self-definitions

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particular statements of self

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Symbolic self-completion

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1)person must be committed to self-defining goal
2)symbols available in one's culture and pertain to self-definition
3)person experiences sense of incompleteness
4)person has access to at least 1 route of self-symbolizing

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dramaturgy

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life-as-theater analogy to understand selves in contexts

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self-construction

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concept of self tested out publicly through assessment of other's responses to one's appearance

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self-promotion

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appearance display for the pursuing of social opportunities

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self identification

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individuals identify and express their own identities

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self reflection

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self-identification in a private context

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identity salience

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process of determining when a particular identity becomes important for defining the self as opposed to other identities

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identity negotiation

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when wearer and perciever reach a shared understanding of the wearer's identity

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role

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"typified response to a typified expectation"

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Role distance

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lack of inner identification with a role

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Role embracement

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close link between a particular role or performance an identity
(integrated into one's self concept)

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front region

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actual stage or setting where self interacts with others

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personal front

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consists of appearance and manner

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manner

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behavior, gestures, style of speech

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back regions

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backstage settings or situations where it is not necessary to be concerned with appareance management

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audience segregation

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we attempt to keep our audiences seperate when the roles we perform for them are incongruent

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self-monitoring

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people differ in the way they observe,regulate, and control the public appearance of self

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Intrinsic restrictions

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lack of resources to effect a misrepresentation of self
(ex: fur coat/affluent)

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Moral restrictions

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ethical considerations related to the presentation of self
(ex: pretend to be a nun)

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Organic restrictions

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linked to physical self
(may not physically be able to pretend to be an athlete)

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Cultivation and socialization

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-can pretend to be opposite sex but certain characteristics prevent betraying it

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continuity

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sense of unity across time or social contexts
(feel same today as last year)

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personality

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relatively organized set of typical behavioral patterns characteristic of a person and recognized by the public and self

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role-taking

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cognitive ability people have to imagine themselves in another person's role

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appearance communication

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the meaningful exchange of information through visual personal cues

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signaling

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the cognitive process involved in making connections bewteen signifier and signified

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signal

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straigtforward

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symbol

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more complex and intricate

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symboling

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required when more interpretation is needed

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semanticity

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the degree of associative "fit" or correlation between an appearance sign and its referent