Strangers in a strange lab : how personality shapes our initial encounters with others
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Strangers in a strange lab : how personality shapes our initial encounters with others
Oxford University Press, 2013
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-211) and index
"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 2013."--T.p. verso
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Description
Winner of the 2012 International Association for Relationship Research Book Award
Can we predict how well - or how poorly - two strangers will get along? According to social psychologist William Ickes, the answer is yes. Drawing upon relevant research findings from his 30-year career, Ickes explains how initial interactions are shaped by gender, race, birth order, physical attractiveness, androgyny, the Big Five dimensions, shyness, and self-monitoring.
Ickes's work offers unprecedented insights on the links between personality and social behavior that have not previously been compiled in a single source: how sibling relationships during childhood affect our interactions with opposite-sex strangers years later; why Latinos have a social advantage in initial interactions; how men react to the physical attractiveness of a female stranger in a relatively direct and obvious way while women react to the attractiveness of a male stranger in a more
indirect and subtle way; and how personality similarity is related to satisfaction in married couples.
Table of Contents
- 1. Some People, Other People
- 2. Strangers in a Strange Lab
- 3. Sex
- 4. Race / Ethnicity
- 5. Birth Order
- 6. Physical Attractiveness
- 7. The Taijitu of Androgyny
- 8. The Big Five
- 9. Shyness and Self-Consciousness
- 10. Self-Monitoring
- 11. How It All Adds Up: An Integration
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