Strangers in a strange lab : how personality shapes our initial encounters with others /

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 be...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ickes, William John
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2009.
Subjects:	Social interaction. Personality. Social psychology. Interaction sociale. Personnalité. Psychologie sociale. social psychology. PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Health. Personality Social interaction Social psychology Psychology, Social Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Some people, other people
Strangers in a strange lab
Sex
Race/ethnicity
Birth order
Physical attractiveness
The taijitu of androgyny
The big five
Shyness and self-consciousness
Self-monitoring
How it all adds up : an integration.