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Definition of Dress correct answers A product and a process that distinguishes human beings from other animals Product: many items are involved in dress that are a result of human creativity and technology Process: dressing the body involves actions undertaken to modify and supplement the body in order to address physical needs and to meet social/cultural expectations (More than just clothing itself) What is body modification? correct answers Temporary, permanent, or semi-permanent transformations of hair, skin, nails, muscular/skeletal system, teeth, breath, eyes Directly changes your body AKA all 5 senses What is body supplementation? correct answers can enclose the body, be directly attached to the body, held by the wearer, and can be temporary or permanent EX. Earrings, jewelry, fake eyelashes, extensions, purse Provide examples for each body modification and supplementation category correct answers Body modification: plastic surgery, mouthwash, brushing your teeth, whitening your teeth, tattoos, cutting hair Body supplementation: jewelry, earrings, purse, hair extensions What information does dress provide us about any given individual? correct answers it can provide their gender, social class, ethnicity, age, etc. What are the advantages of the classification system? correct answers Encourages us to begin thinking about dress of our own and the dress of others in a brand-new way Reduces the likelihood of using words that are biased or imply cultural superiority - scientific terminology Concerns the understanding of the details of the physical form of dress items and practices and the relationship of this form to the body Allows us to analyze items of dress and practices unfamiliar to many of us What is the definition of culture? correct answers Human-made materials items and patterns of thought, feeling, and behavior shared by members of a group who regularly interact with one another Relates to the way human beings are taught to behave, feel, and think from the time they are born What is ethnocentrism? correct answers The expression, in actions or judgements, of a particular viewpoint as superior to another Judging one's culture solely by the values and standards of one's own culture i.e. Viewing things only from a "European" POV What is wrong with adjectives like agrarian, traditional, non-Western etc.? Explain. correct answers "Non" has a negative connotation EX. Non-western implies clothing traditions that have fallen short of the standard of modernity