![]() Gosling thoughtfully places a quiz in the early pages of Snoop to introduce the areas that will come up again and again – openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. Most readers will want to find out right away where they fall on the OCEAN scale, a system for grouping personality traits. Gosling calls it ‘snoopology’ – the art and science of deciphering key elements of a person’s “character, personality, values and habits, hopes and dreams, just from looking closely at their rooms or offices.” Gosling is an associate professor of psychology at UT Austin and a professional snoop who seems to enjoy his job immensely. More importantly, his book tells the rest of us how to interpret the signals that others send out with their stuff. ![]() Sam Gosling, author of Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You, can use the information in that first sentence to deduce all sorts of things about my personality. In my office, there’s a map of the world, books are arranged by call number, there’s no comfortable seating for visitors, and there are no inspirational quotes visible. ![]() Book review: Sam Gosling's *Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You* ![]()
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