Arrowman_69

@Torchwood-"How are you serving the Scout Law with your post?"

Your assertion lends compelling evidence that you have no experience in focused studies of "Social Psychology".

Let me introduce you to a term that will help you understand that- what one wears on the outside is remarkably applicable to what happens on the inside.

Please note the term “Enclothed Cognitionâ€Â. [h=2]Abstract[/h] We introduce the term “enclothed cognition†to describe the systematic influence that clothes have on the wearer's psychological processes. We offer a potentially unifying framework to integrate past findings and capture the diverse impact that clothes can have on the wearer by proposing that enclothed cognition involves the co-occurrence of two independent factorsâ€â€the symbolic meaning of the clothes and the physical experience of wearing them. As a first test of our enclothed cognition perspective, the current research explored the effects of wearing a lab coat. A pretest found that a lab coat is generally associated with attentiveness and carefulness. We therefore predicted that wearing a lab coat would increase performance on attention-related tasks. In Experiment 1, physically wearing a lab coat increased selective attention compared to not wearing a lab coat. In Experiments 2 and 3, wearing a lab coat described as a doctor's coat increased sustained attention compared to wearing a lab coat described as a painter's coat, and compared to simply seeing or even identifying with a lab coat described as a doctor's coat. Thus, the current research suggests a basic principle of enclothed cognitionâ€â€it depends on both the symbolic meaning and the physical experience of wearing the clothes.

So what? "The findings, on the Web site of The Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, are a twist on a growing scientific field called embodied cognition. We think not just with our brains but with our bodies, Dr. Galinsky said, and our thought processes are based on physical experiences that set off associated abstract concepts. Now it appears that those experiences include the clothes we wear."

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Psychology Today, Putting on Your Power"

Emily vanSonnenberg

ABSTRACT

Researchers at Northwestern University have found that the clothing we wear affects our psychological states, as well as our performance levels. Given their findings, individuals can intentionally choose to wear clothing that will induce more desirable psychological states and enhance task-related performance.

SOURCES

The New York Times, accessed 2014.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/science/clothes-and-self-perception.html?_r=0

Science Direct, accessed 2014.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022103112000200

FURTHER READING: "Psychology Today"

Psychology Today, accessed 2014

http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/emily-vansonnenberg/2012052122126

I don't wear them, and yes they are in a box.

Frankly I am put off by adults who overload their uniforms with patches, beads, and pins.

As a Historian I view the uniform of today with mixed thoughts.

I find the De La Renta uniform emasculating, or depriving our youth of the virile outdoors qualities once so

powerfully attributed to Scouting. Furthermore, these uniforms step away from tradition which youth need

so badly in a time of throw-a-way transient culture.

Take a moment and view a Norman Rockwell Boy

Scout painting.

Contemplate the qualities attributed to the uniforms depicted and then compare

that to todays uniform.

Boys, especially teen Scouts need a look that conveys to their peers a sense of

virility and empowerment as their peers are keen to pick at any sign of weakness.

Finally, I refuse to wear a uniform made in known sweatshop regions.

I understand most of the youth related awards are not to be worn on adult uniforms yet, I have found no details regarding skill awards and adult uniforms?

What about formal occasions?

Kindest regards

Troy