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衣服心理學
What
Your Clothes Say About You (www.forbes.com)
What you wear can inform passersby of your
type of employment, as well as your ambitions, emotions and spending habits.
Clinical psychologist Dr. Jennifer
Baumgartner literally wrote the book on this phenomenon, which she calls the
“psychology of dress.” In “You Are What You Wear: What Your Clothes Reveal
About You,” she explains not only how psychology determines our clothing
choices, but how to overcome key psychological issues your wardrobe might be
bringing to light in your everyday life, or even at work.
“Shopping and spending behaviors often
come from internal motivations such as emotions, experiences and culture,” says
Dr. Baumgartner. “You look at shopping or storing behaviors, even putting
together outfits, and people think of it as fluff. But any behavior is rooted
in something deeper. I look at the deeper meaning of choices, just like I would
in therapy.”
We spoke with her to figure out why clothes
are so revealing (of our personalities, that is), what messages they’re sending
and how you can use your wardrobe to change how others perceive you—and even
how you think about yourself.
What
Your Clothes Say to You, Not About You
A study this year from Northwestern
University examined a concept called “enclothed cognition.” Researchers define
it in their report as “the systematic influence that clothes have on the
wearer’s psychological processes,” meaning what your clothes are saying to you,
not about you. And how they make you feel.
The researchers distributed standard white
lab coats to participants, telling some that it was a doctor’s coat and some
that it was a painter’s smock. All participants performed the same task, but
those wearing the “doctor’s coat” were more careful and attentive. Their
actions were influenced by their clothing.
The same may be true of you. When your
friend dragged you out of the house and told you, “Get dressed up! You’ll feel
better!” after your last breakup/failed interview/lousy day, she was onto
something. “When you dress in a certain way, it helps shift your internal
self,” explains Dr. Baumgartner. “We see that when we do makeovers, and even
actors say that putting on a costume facilitates expression of character.
That’s just as true for everyday life.”
Enclothed cognition gives scientific proof
to the idea that you should dress not how you feel, but how you want to feel.
Which clothes make you feel powerful? Sexy? In control? Wealthy? The clothes
you choose are sending a message to those around you, but also to you,
yourself.
Questions:
Do you agree that concept “what your
clothes say about you”?
Do you agree that clothing reflects
personality?
How clothes affect jobs?
Do clothes you wear related your emotions
and spending habits?
What do you think that “the clothes make
you feel powerful? Sexy? In control? Wealthy”?
What is the link between clothing choices
and emotional states?
How clothes can boost your confidence and
mood?
怒氣房
By RYAN OWENS and JIM
SCHOLZ
Have you ever been
angry or stressed out enough to smash something to bits?
Instead of becoming
the Incredible Hulk and destroying your own home, a Dallas-based company offers
the "Anger Room" as a place where paying customers can throw, beat or
shatter everything around them in a controlled environment.
The Anger Room builds
mock kitchens, living rooms and replicas of actual workplaces, and fills them
with big-screen TVs, VCRs, fax machines, desks, potted plants -- the list is
endless. Customers then pay money to destroy them.
Hugo, a 24-year-old
retail salesman from Dallas who asked that his last name not be used, paid $45
for 15 minutes inside the Anger Room and said it was worth every penny.
"I can't afford
a psychiatrist, but I can afford this," he said, as he crushed a large TV
with a baseball bat.
The brains behind the
operation is founder Donna Alexander. The 30-year-old entrepreneur said she
came up with the idea for the Anger Room when she was 16, but opened her first
one in 2008 in her own garage. It was -- pardon the pun -- a smash hit.
"I had strangers
showing up at my house so I said I have to find a real legit place,"
Alexander said.
Which was easier said
than done. Alexander said it took her three years to find a landlord who would
put up with the mess. She set up shop in a Dallas strip mall and started
advertising, mostly online. Before long, customers were lining up make
appointments, sign waivers, put on safety gear and choose a soundtrack, such as
Eminem or Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive," to prepare them for
destruction. The rooms are filled with discarded junk Alexander and her staff
pick up from people's garages.
According to the
Anger Room website, sessions start out at the 5-minute "I Need a
Break" for $25 and go up to "Total Demolition," a 25-minute
session for $75.
Questions:
Have you ever been angry or stressed out
enough to smash something?
What do you think the idea that the
"anger room"?
Is it normal to break things when you're
angry?
Is smashing things a good way to relieve
stress?
What are the ways to manage your anger?
How to deal with stress at work?
Where does your stress come from? How to
relieve stress?
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