![]() His work has been profiled in The New York Times, Psychology Today and his work is featured in Malcolm Gladwell’s latest book, Blink. ![]() Perhaps he chose this audience because they may feel a need to understand why they pry. ![]() He has spent the last decade conducting research on how personality is expressed and perceived in everyday contexts. Sam Gosling’s Snoop is an article from a book that seems to be written for any person college-aged or older, who is curious about or studying Psychology and how someone’s objects might reflect their personality. Sam Gosling is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Texas, Austin. Do those pictures on your walls tell true tales about you And is your favorite outfit about to give you away For the last ten years psychologist Sam Gosling. When it comes to the most essential components of our personalities, the things we own and the way we arrange them often says more about us than even our most intimate conversations. By exploring our private worlds (our desks, dorm rooms, bedrooms, closets and 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, and communicate it to others. ![]() Does what’s on your desk reveal what’s on your mind? Do those pictures on your walls tell the true tales about you? Is your favorite outfit about to give you away? For the last ten years Sam Gosling has been studying how people project (and protect) their inner selves, by what they purchase and how they arrange it around them. ![]()
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