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Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You

Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You

by SamGosling (Author)

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    Illustrated 2009

    $14.95

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    Hardcover 2008

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Synopsis

Do the things on your desk betray the thoughts on your mind? Does your dining room decor carry clues to your character? award-winning psychologist Sam Gosling has dispatched teams of scientific investigators to poke around bedrooms and offices, check out iPods, and peek at personal websites,to see what can be learned about us simply from looking at our belongings. What he has discovered is intriguing: When it comes to the most essential components of our personality,from friendliness and flexibility to openness and originality,the things we own and the way we arrange them can say more about who we are than even our most intimate conversations. Packed with original research and a wealth of fascinating stories, Snoop is a captivating guide to our not-so-secret selves, and reveals how intensely connected we are to the places in which we live and work.

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Format: Illustrated
 Pages: 272
 Edition: Illustrated
 Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 21 Apr 2009
ISBN 10: 0465013821
ISBN 13: 9780465013821
Book Overview: Snoop : What Your Stuff Says About You

Media Reviews
Gosling is the rarest of authors--a superb behavioral scientist who is as funny as he is smart. One of his great contributions is giving us fresh insight into what makes each of us who we are. -Dan P. McAdams, author of The Redemptive Self

Snoop isn't conventional self-help. Instead, the psychology professor a the University of Texas-Austin draws on academic research to explain how to look at other people's stuff - music, CD's, books, personal websites, posters, email usernames - and figure out who they are in terms of five traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. - USA Today

.,. charming and well written...readable and practical guide to understanding the people around you. - New Scientist

Gosling's research addresses some fierce debates in academic psychology, and makes them lively and accessible to general readers in Snoop, - Times Higher Education Supplement


Gosling's work, reminiscent of Martha Stout's The Sociopath Next Door in its vivid, true-to-life portraits of people and places, is a unique blend of scholarly research and accessible vignettes. Expect future books from this young scholar, whose storytelling skills prove he's capable of bridging the gap between ivory-tower dwellers and street denizens. - Library Journal, starred review

Gosling, a psychology professor, shows us how the bits and pieces of our everyday lives can reveal more than we ever imagined. Did you know that the stuff you keep on your desk can tell a shrewd observer not just your likes and dislikes, but also your political leanings, your sexual interests, your fears, even your secret self-image (as opposed to the version of yourself you present to the world)? - Booklist

The basic premise behind Snoop is that you can tell an awful lot about a person based on their apartment; their work space; their favorite music; their style of dress - even their trash. (Gosling approvingly quotes Ward Harrison, a professional scavenger who made a career rummaging through the trash of celebs, who once said, Garbage is a window into the soul. ) This thesis puts Snoop firmly in Blink or Freakonomics territory. - New York Post

Author Bio
Sam Gosling, Ph.D., 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. www.samgosling.com