Sam Gosling is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. He has spent the last decade conducting research on how personality is expressed and perceived in everyday contexts. He has been profiled by the New York Times, Psychology Today, and other publications, and he is featured in Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink. This is his first book. He lives in Austin, Texas.
Prologue: The Arrival of the Mystery Box
p. 1
Less Than Zero Acquaintance
p. 9
OCEAN's Five
p. 33
Getting to Know You
p. 55
Belgian Sleuths and Scandinavian Seabirds
p. 75
Jumpers, Bumpers, Groovers, and Shakers
p. 87
Space Doctoring
p. 113
In Defense of Stereotypes
p. 137
When Good Judgments Go Bad
p. 167
Like a Super Snooper
p. 187
An Office and a Gentleman
p. 203
Bringing It Home
p. 219
Acknowledgments
p. 229
Notes
p. 233
Index
p. 251
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