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Dress is a Fundamental Component of Person Perception

Personality and social psychology review, 2023-11, Vol.27 (4), p.414-433

2023 by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc. ;ISSN: 1088-8683 ;EISSN: 1532-7957 ;DOI: 10.1177/10888683231157961

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  • Title:
    Dress is a Fundamental Component of Person Perception
  • Author: Hester, Neil ; Hehman, Eric
  • Is Part Of: Personality and social psychology review, 2023-11, Vol.27 (4), p.414-433
  • Description: Academic Abstract Clothing, hairstyle, makeup, and accessories influence first impressions. However, target dress is notably absent from current theories and models of person perception. We discuss three reasons for this minimal attention to dress in person perception: high theoretical complexity, incompatibility with traditional methodology, and underappreciation by the groups who have historically guided research in person perception. We propose a working model of person perception that incorporates target dress alongside target face, target body, context, and perceiver characteristics. Then, we identify four types of inferences for which perceivers rely on target dress: social categories, cognitive states, status, and aesthetics. For each of these, we review relevant work in social cognition, integrate this work with existing dress research, and propose future directions. Finally, we identify and offer solutions to the theoretical and methodological challenges accompanying the psychological study of dress. Public Abstract Why is it that people often agonize over what to wear for a job interview, a first date, or a party? The answer is simple: They understand that others’ first impressions of them rely on their clothing, hairstyle, makeup, and accessories. Many people might be surprised, then, to learn that psychologists’ theories about how people form first impressions of others have little to say about how people dress. This is true in part because the meaning of clothing is so complex and culturally dependent. We propose a working model of first impressions that identifies four types of information that people infer from dress: people’s social identities, mental states, status, and aesthetic tastes. For each of these, we review existing research on clothing, integrate this research with related work from social psychology more broadly, and propose future directions for research.
  • Publisher: Los Angeles, CA: SAGE Publications
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1088-8683
    EISSN: 1532-7957
    DOI: 10.1177/10888683231157961
  • Source: Sage Journals Open Access Journals
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