Science of style

The Science of Style

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what we wear

Ask and answer these questions in pairs.

•How do you usually decide what clothes to wear to school or at home?

•Do you think our clothes affect how people see us? Give reasons for your answers.

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Vocabulary; Match these words with their definitions

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a. to do an action or activity

b. the way that you behave

c. to affect people or things

d. chance 

e. set of rules for what you can wear 

f. showing an ability to think of new ideas 

g. representing something 

h. a style or fashion 

i. draw someone's attention to important information

1. symbolic adj.

2. influence v.  

3. dress code n.

4. look n.

5. creative adj.

6. perform v.

7. point out v.

8. luck n.

9. behavior n.

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symbolic (adj.)

• d. chance 

• g. representing something 

• h. a style or fashion 

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influence v.  

• c. to affect people or things

• a. to do an action or activity

• i. draw someone's attention to important information

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dress code n.

• b. the way that you behave

• f. showing an ability to think of new ideas 

• e. set of rules for what you can wear 

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look n.

• b. the way that you behave

• f. showing an ability to think of new ideas 

• h. a style or fashion 

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The word I matched with "showing an ability to think of new ideas" is

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The word I matched with "to do an action or activity" is

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The word I matched with "draw someone's attention to important information" is

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Another word for "chance" is

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The word I matched with "the way you behave" is

a. How people choose the clothes they wear 

b. How people dress for their jobs 

c. How people's clothes make them feel​

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Look at the photo and read the caption. What is the article about?

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The article is about

• a. How people choose the clothes they wear 

• b. How people dress for their jobs 

• c. How people's clothes make them feel

1. What do you think paragraph 2 is mostly about?

Scientists Adam Galinsky and Hajo Adams report that there is science behind our style. In their research, Galinsky and Adams had some participants wear white lab coats similar to the ones scientists or doctors wear. Other participants wore their normal clothes. The participants took a test that measured their ability to pay attention. The people wearing the white coats performed better than the people in regular clothes. 

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Multiple Choice

What do you think paragraph 2 is mostly about?

• a. A description of an experiment 

• b. The opinions of a blogger 

• c. A biography of two scientists 

What do you think paragraph 3 is mostly about? 

Galinsky and Adams think that the white coats made the participants feel more confident and careful. The researchers also believe that other kinds of "symbolic" clothes can influence the behavior of the people wearing them. A police officer's uniform or a judge's robe, for example, increase the wearer's feeling of power or confidence. And in workplaces that have a dress code, "symbolic" clothes may also affect how well employees do their jobs. 

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Multiple Choice

What do you think paragraph 3 is mostly about? 

• a. Why people wear uniforms

• b. How special clothes can     change people's behavior 

• c. Why it is important to have a dress- code for certain jobs.

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What is the main idea of the passage? Complete the sentence. 

The clothes we wear...

• a. can affect how we feel 

• b. should be symbolic 

• c. make us feel more powerful 

What are some examples of symbolic clothes the writer mentions?

What effects can they have on the wearer?

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Read the paragraph and do the activity on the next slide.

In Galinsky and Adams's experiment, participants saw cards with different-colored words on them. Participants had to say the color of the word they saw, not the word itself. 

The people wearing the lab coats said the correct color of the word more often. The researchers believe that wearing lab coats made participants pay more attention to the test. Their behavior was, in fact, more like that of a doctor or a scientist. 

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UNDERSTANDING A PROCESS

What happened in Galinsky and Adams's experiment? Put the steps into the correct order by writing 1-4. Then add a sequence word to each step.

a. participants looked at words each written in a different color. 

b. the researchers counted the correct items. 

c. the participants said the colors, not the words. 

d. the researchers gave some participants white coats to wear. 

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The correct order of the steps is:

(write the letters and use commas; e.g. a, b, c, d

The steps:

1. d. First, the researchers gave some participants white coats to wear. 

2. a. Next, participants looked at words each written in a different color.

3. c. Then the participants said the colors, not the words.

4. b. Finally, the researchers counted the correct items. 

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Now do the Vocabulary activity, ex. A.

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1. Your personal ______ is the way you dress. 

• luck

• behaviour

• style

• influence

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2. Quirk thinks people need to _____ to what they wear. 

• influence

• point out

• pay attention

• perform

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3. A person's 

is the things that he or she does. 

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4. Some workers, like nurses and waiters, wear a 

to work. 

GETTING MEANING FROM CONTEXT

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Multiple Choice

1. Quirk posts a photo of what she's wearing every day. 

• a. Long, standing pieces of wood or metal

• b. To put messages or signs where others can see them 

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2. Scientists Adam Galinsky and Hajo Adams report that there is science behind 

our style 

• a. To tell people about a piece of research

• b. A written or spoken description of a situation or an event 

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3. The participants took a test that measured their ability to pay attention.

• a. To use a problem that measures a person's knowledge or abilities

• b. A problem that measures a person's knowledge or abilities 

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4. A police officer's uniform can increase the wearer's feeling of power or confidence.

• a. A special kind of clothing that is worn by everyone in a group or an organization

• b. Staying the same at all times, in all places