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Strangers in a strange lab : how personality shapes our initial encounters with others / William Ickes.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ickes, William John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social interaction.
- Personality.
- Social psychology.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Can we predict how well--or how poorly--two strangers will get along? According to social psychologist William Ickes, the answer is yes. Drawing upon relevant research findings from his 30-year career, Ickes explains how initial interactions are shaped by gender, race, birth order, physical attractiveness, androgyny, the Big Five dimensions, shyness, and self-monitoring. Ickes's work offers unprecedented insights on the links between personality and social behavior that have not previously been compiled in a single source: how sibling relationships during childhood affect our interactions with
- Contents:
- Some people, other people
- Strangers in a strange lab
- Sex
- Race/ethnicity
- Birth order
- Physical attractiveness
- The taijitu of androgyny
- The big five
- Shyness and self-consciousness
- Self-monitoring
- How it all adds up : an integration.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-045179-3
- 0-19-995089-X
- 0-19-970667-0
- 1-282-32881-6
- 9786612328817
- OCLC:
- 496014844
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