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25 Reading with Purpose Read the review questions at the end of the chapter before you read the chapter. Keep the questions in mind while reading to help determine which information is most important. Clothes are an important part of your life. You wear them every day, and they help you look your best. They can even help you feel good about yourself. They also tell other people a lot about who you are. Your clothes can speak for you. They can express your personality, values, and self-concept. You can even use clothes to express your individuality. However, there are some very basic reasons why people wear clothes, too. Clothing Meets Human Needs All people share certain basic human needs. A need is something required for a person’s continued survival. These needs cause people to behave as they do. Everyone has the same basic needs. It is how people meet these needs that varies from person to person. Abraham Maslow, a noted American psychologist, suggests that humans are motivated to satisfy fi ve basic types of needs. He arranged these needs in order of importance from the lowest to the highest, 1-1. A person must satisfy the lower needs before meeting the higher needs. These needs are physical, safety and security, love and acceptance, esteem, and self-actualization. The physical needs are the most basic and a person must meet these needs fi rst. Clothing can help to satisfy physical, psychological, and social needs. Protection, comfort, and safety are physical needs. Self-adornment and identi- fi cation are psychological needs. Status and prestige are social needs. Clothing can help meet all these needs. Chapter Objectives After studying this chapter, you will be able to • analyze how clothing helps satisfy human needs. • summarize how clothes refl ect personality, values, and self-concept. • assess how clothes can create positive fi rst impressions. • summarize factors that infl uence clothing choices. Key Terms need modesty conformity peer pressure self-esteem self-adornment culture status prestige self-actualization individuality personality values self-concept media

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