Social_Attire

Social Attire Abstract A common saying is that first impressions are very important in the way people will perceive others for the rest of their social relationship. “Clothing and other appearance cues provide information about credibility, identity, and anticipated behaviors of others, and is used in initial interactions to answer the question “Who is this person'“ (Bassett, 1979). In my research I will examine the question of how the factor of the professors’ attire influences a students perception of the competency and sociability of that professor. My participants will answer a questionnaire based on their perception of a male and female confederate shown in a picture in three different types of clothing. The questionnaire will consist of 30 items in two areas, competency and sociability. The participants will be asked to answer the questions concerning these two areas, based on their initial perception of the confederates seen above in the picture. I expect the results to show that there will be significant differences between the dress style and the ratings of competency and sociability. I also expect the results to show that when gender and type of clothing are compared with each other, the female in formal clothing will receive higher attire, clothing, formal, ratings, student’s, results, competency, students, student, sociability, show, professor, perception, people, assistant, semiformal, male, informal, three, terms, significant, dress, based, wearing, way, type, style, same, professional, higher, gender, form, female, different, casual, between