Manifestations of Individual Differences in Physical and Virtual Environments

The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Individual Differences

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 773-800

  Graham, Lindsay T ^a   Sandy, Carson J ^a   Gosling, Samuel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral residue, reflecting activities undertaken within space found; Environmental manifestations of Big Five traits consistent with logic of behavioral residue, certain traits associated with certain behaviors; Expression of individual differences in environments Gosling's model, individual differences expressed in everyday life; Identity claims, statements by individual aim of communicating his or her values, attitudes, goals and identity; Individual differences, and how they are expressed in daily life model for conceptualizing ways in which individuals, impact on their everyday environments; Individual differences, importance effects on social and physical world; Individual differences, in wide array of daily contexts including what people look like; Manifestations of individual differences in physical and virtual environments; People, caring about intelligence and neuroticism in themselves, and in others traits predicting consequential behaviors; Possessions, presence, state and location of personal possessions clues about owner's individual differences, information about individuals in everyday contexts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84985878094     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444343120.ch30     Document Type: Chapter

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