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1. To what extent do our clothing choices influence the way in which we are perceived? 2. You Are What You Wear: What Your Clothes Reveal About You 3. Jennifer Baumgartner (Author) 4. http://www.forbes.com/sites/learnvest/2012/04/03/what-your-clothes-say-about-you/ (Not a link to the actual book, but a summary) 5. Website (Google, Google Scholar); 6/1 6. S: Dr. Jen Baumgartner O: Possible deep meaning behind women's everyday clothing choices A: Women who wear clothes, people who are doing research on clothing and perception P: To analyze and inform the audience of the psychology behind our everyday clothing choices S: Women, Clothing, Socioeconomic status Tone: Analytic, Informative, Judgmental 7. Author and scientist Jennifer Baumgartner discusses the psychology behind women's everyday clothing choices in order to inform her audience, composed primarily of women and fellow researchers. Baumgartner, in an analytic yet judgmental tone, writes about women and clothing as associated with socioeconomic status in her book. 8. Our everyday clothing choices are often reflective of our psychological issues, as well as an indicator of our socioeconomic status. 9. It really bothers me that Baumgartner thinks that many women's clothing choices is a sign of insecurity, and that all women who wear the same types of clothing all the time need to change up their wardrobe. I was interested to read about the author's analysis of our clothing choices and the stereotypes associated with each type of clothing, but I was not as interested in learning about how women could change this style to better please society. For this reason, I was not as persuaded by Baumgartner's article as I could have been. 10. “Shopping and spending behaviors often come from internal motivations such as emotions, experiences and culture.”

"A study this year from Northwestern University examined a concept called 'enclothed cognition,the systematic influence that clothes have on the wearer’s psychological processes.”

"It’s what helps you figure out where you fit in. Especially now, with the economy, with people losing status, maintaining a sense of who we are becomes even more important. Our clothes help place us where we think we want to be.”

"But any behavior is rooted in something deeper. I look at the deeper meaning of choices, just like I would in therapy.”