>===== Original Message From "John W. Kulig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== >"G. Marc Turner" wrote: > >> >> Class exercise for someone: How would different schools of thought in >> psychology (behaviorism, evolutionary, Freudian, etc.) explain tie wearing? > > Oh gosh. The possibilities for hypotheses are endless. One practical >explanation has to do with buttons (er .. buTONS). Way back when they were big >and clunky - right? The tie was a strip that covered the buttons. Over the >years they became more ornamental. The bow-tie is another story. > Then there is the scarf hypothesis. (snip) Don't forget, John, that the earlier precursor to the tie was the cravat: a large square of fabric folded into a triangle and ornamentally tied around one's neck inside the top of the shirt, which was open. Kirsten Kirsten L. Rewey Department of Psychology St. Mary's University of Minnesota 700 Terrace Heights, Box 1464 Winona, Minnesota 55987 Office: (507) 457-6991 Fax: (507) 457-1633
