Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You » (First Trade Paper Edition)

Sam Gosling, PhD, is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. His work has been featured in the New York Times and Psychology Today, on NPR, Nightline, and Good Morning America, and his research is featured in Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink. He is the recipient of the American Psychological Association’s Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contribution to Psychology. He lives in Austin, Texas.

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A provocative and witty look at how our private spaces-from boardroom to bedroom-reveal our personalities, whether we know it or not

The Washington Post - Jay Dixit

Gosling's conclusions are supported by rigorous academic research, but his engaging book is aimed at a popular audience; he presents it as a field guide to the "special brand of voyeurism" he calls "snoopology." Few readers may actually rummage through their neighbors' garbage in search of what Gosling dryly calls "behavioral residue," but Snoop's conceit makes for an entertaining tour of how people project their inner selves outward into the world.

Prologue: The Arrival of the Mystery Box     1
Less Than Zero Acquaintance     9
OCEAN's Five     33
Getting to Know You     55
Belgian Sleuths and Scandinavian Seabirds     75
Jumpers, Bumpers, Groovers, and Shakers     87
Space Doctoring     113
In Defense of Stereotypes     137
When Good Judgments Go Bad     167
Like a Super Snooper     187
An Office and a Gentleman     203
Bringing It Home     219
Acknowledgments     229
Notes     233
Index     251