For a related Situationist post, check out “ The Situation of Ideology – Part I” and “ The Situation of Ideology – Part II.” Image by romanlily on Flickr.This is Talk of the Nation. “And I think he would get at least an A-, maybe an A.” “I think Sam is an excellent personality psychologist and a very perceptive person,” Jost said. The contents of someone’s office can even indicate how he might vote, according to Gosling, who said that Jost’s openness trait would align him with “people who vote for liberal candidates.”Īnd indeed, Jost said he is a liberal and is planning to vote for Barack Obama. So it’s all a puzzle, you’re always combining bits of information here.” On the other hand, he also said that “people who like rock tend to be lower on conscientiousness, so looking at this, I’d have to combine that with my other rating saying that he was higher on conscientiousness. “And also people who like classical … and jazz, actually.” “So people who like rock, they tend to be higher on openness,” Gosling said. Gosling noted that Jost’s office is “pretty organized,” and said that he can tell a lot from someone’s music collection.
So we have to try to narrow down the likely reasons you have that.” “It could reflect many different things, you know? There are many different reasons you might have that. “It should be one piece of the puzzle,” he said. He won’t make a judgment about Jost solely based on the fact that he has a book in his office called “Why Men Rebel.” It’s just there because it’s for a teaching demonstration, or a gift for somebody else, or things that aren’t really important, or somebody else left it there.” There could be something here that really doesn’t reflect what the occupant is like. Because any single item could be misleading. The goal, Gosling said, is to “look at the big picture. Gosling went through drawers, examined pictures, checked the status of office supplies and analyzed the position of Jost’s desk - all providing clues to Jost’s personality. The fellow psychologist didn’t mind Gosling’s snooping and said that while he tidied up his office beforehand, he didn’t do any major organizing. “Nightline” decided to test Gosling at the office of his friend and colleague, John Jost, at New York University. The first thing Gosling does is sit down in a space and look around, “giving the salient items time to fade away a bit, and the broader themes to come out.” Sharyn Alfonsi and Eileen Murphy wrote a piece, excerpted below, “ The Secrets in Your Stuff What Your Home or Office Reveals About Your Personality, Voting Patterns and More.” Their article, among other things, takes the reader into the office of Situaitionist contributor John Jost. ABC’s Nightline had a nice piece on Sam Gosling and his new book, Snoop.
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