Details Title: clothing & Adornment exam 1 Description: intro, clothing theory, modesty Total Flash Cards: 29 Created: 02/23/2009 17:38:46		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Art/Design Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term     Clothing and Human Behavior Definition   a combination of concepts from a number of dsciplines or feilds of study to provides the broadest foundatinon for the study of clothing and personal adornment Term     Culture Definition     learned behaviors beliefs attitudes value and ideals generally shared by members of a group.  Term     sociology Definition     study of cultures 9the science that investigates the structure of a scoiety and how it develops Term     psychology Definition   looks at mental characteristics/ study of mental and behavioral characteristics of an individual group Term   Definning the field Definition   clothing and adornment and human behavior social psychology of clothing adornment and human behavior/ is concerned with the role that clothes and... play Term   clothing Definition   and tangible or material object connected to the body Term   personal adornment Definition   related to clothing but encompases and for of tbodily decoration or alteration Term   adornment Definition   universal term commonly associated with aesthetics (adornment of house or yard) Term   Dress Definition   often used interchangeably with adornment however dress specifically refers to act of covering the body with clothing and accessories Term   appearance Definition   the broad meaning of all that we have defined but includes ohysical attributes (body/face) as well as clothing and other models of other adornment Term   fashion Definition   tremendous influence on form of collective behavior that sis socially approved at a given time but is expected to change fashion as it relates to clothing styles are those styles that are accepted and worn by many members in a society Term   culture Definition   a learned complex of attitueds moral laws customs and habits acquired as a member of society Term   ethnocentrism Definition   conviction that one own group is superior to others Term   cultural empathy Definition   comprehension of cultural differences and hoe differeneces affect society and business Term   Anthropologists Definition   make cross cultural comparisons of diverse societies comparing objects Term   Historians Definition   makes it possible to interrupt the current clothing phenomena against the perspective of time Term   psychologists Definition   concerned with how an individual reacts to a certain stimuli Term   sociologists Definition   concerened with human behavior and interactions Term   interpretaion of fashion change Definition   economic psychoanalytic Term   economic change Definition   introduction of new style is wasteful because it encourages consumers to discard obsolete styles before they are worn out Term   psychoanalytic change Definition   styles change because people have a basic need to display different parts of thier body at different times in history so sexual interest will be maintained Term   early interest in the social aspects of dress Definition   the development of social psychilogy of clothing began in 1800s it has mushroomed since due to interest in consumers and consumer movement Term   reasons for interest in social behavior consequences of clothing and adornment Definition 1) womens dress reform movement took place in late 1800s theme was garment amelia bloomer, masculine more movement also known as bifurated garments (symbol of freedom) 2) democratization of fashion in 1850s there were 3 main sources for fashion= haute couture, dress makers, and tailors/homemade 3) 3 events made fashino more available sewing machines, production of aptters, and factory made. Term   development of study of clothing and adornment Definition   -mass production of dress in 1920s w/ new york as the center because mass number of immigrants and cheap labor/ highly skilled -growth of the middle class democratization of fashion  (ww1) females obtained industrial jobs flapper era, boyish figures, bobbed hair all symbolized freedom and feuled interest in the study Term   evidence of early use Definition   accories metal artifacts tools used for adornment (coke bottle aka ubiquitos/ everywhere) artwork in caves natural dyes and pigments (cochineal= red) Term   adornment theory Definition   most widely accepted theory products were multi purpose  for 2 reasons 1) to be mor accepted 2) to increase inself confidence Term   Types of adornment Definition   External (temporary use) Corporal (decoratin of the ohysical body itself) Term   power extendors Definition   which increase the amount of space taken up by the body Term   stimulators Definition   focus the senses onthe movement of the body in space