Snoop [electronic resource] : what your stuff says about you / Sam Gosling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gosling, Sam.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social perception.

Personal belongings--Psychological aspects.

Personal belongings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Basic Books, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A provocative look at how our private spaces--from boardroom to bedroom--reveal our personalities. For ten years psychologist Sam Gosling has been studying how people project (and protect) their inner selves. By exploring our private worlds (desks, bedrooms, even our clothes and our cars), he shows not only how we showcase our personalities in unexpected--and unplanned--ways, but also how we create personality in the first place, communicate it others, and interpret the world around us. When it comes to the most essential components of our personalities--from friendliness to flexibility--the things we own and the way we arrange them often say more about us than even our most intimate conversations. If you know what to look for, you can figure out how reliable a new boyfriend is by peeking into his medicine cabinet, or whether an employee is committed to her job by analyzing her cubicle.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Praise for Snoop; CONTENTS; PROLOGUE: The Arrival of the Mystery Box; ONE: Less Than Zero Acquaintance; TWO: OCEAN's Five; THREE: Getting to Know You; FOUR: Belgian Sleuths and Scandinavian Seabirds; FIVE: Jumpers, Bumpers, Groovers, and Shakers; SIX: Space Doctoring; SEVEN: In Defense of Stereotypes; EIGHT: When Good Judgments Go Bad; NINE: Like a Super Snooper; TEN: An Office and a Gentleman; ELEVEN: Bringing It Home; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-250) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-44948-6

9786612449482

0-465-01243-4

OCLC:

688292110