Robert Gifford

     
Institution
University of Victoria

Current Position
Professor

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Psychology

Research Interests
Applied Social Psychology
Attribution
Close Relationships
Health
Interpersonal Processes
Nonverbal Behavior
Person Perception
Personality

 
Robert Gifford
Department of Psychology
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 3050
Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3P5
Canada

Home Page
Phone: (250) 721-7532
Fax: (250) 721-8929


Robert Gifford
My research interests are at the interface of social, personality, and environmental psychology. I try to conduct studies on societal problems that meet high scientific standards.


Books:

  • Gifford, R. (2007). Environmental psychology: Principles and practice (4th ed.). Colville, WA: Optimal Books
  • Gifford, R. (Ed.) (1991). Applied psychology: Variety and opportunity. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Journal Articles:

  • Gifford, R. (1994). A lens-mapping framework for understanding the encoding and decoding of interpersonal dispositions in nonverbal behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 66, 398-412.
  • Gifford, R. (1991). Mapping nonverbal behavior on the interpersonal circle. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 61, 279-288.
  • Gifford, R., & Hine, D. W. (1994). The role of verbal behavior in the encoding and decoding of interpersonal dispositions. Journal of Personality, 28, 115-132.
  • Hine, D. W., & Gifford, R. (1996). Attributions about self and others in commons dilemmas. European Journal of Social Psychology, 26, 429-445.
  • Hine, D. W., & Gifford, R. (1996). Individual restraint and group efficiency in commons dilemmas: The effects of uncertainty and risk-seeking. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 26,993-1009.
  • Shaw, K. T., & Gifford, R. (1994). Residents' and burglars' assessment of risk from defensible space cues. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 14, 177-194.
  • Veitch, J. A., & Gifford, R. (in press). Choice, perceived control, and performance decrements in the physical environment. Journal of Environmental Psychology.

Other Publications:

  • Gifford, R. (1997). Environmental psychology. In J. Santrock, Psychology (5th edition).
  • Gifford, R. (1994). Environmental psychology. In the Encyclopedia of Human Behavior (Vol. 2). Academic Press.
  • Gifford, R., & Martin, M. (1991). A multiple sclerosis centre program and post-occupancy evaluation. In W. F. E. Preiser, & J. Vischer (Eds.), Design innovation: The challenge of cultural change. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.

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