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.
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.
Gifford, R. (1997). Environmental psychology. In J. Santrock (Ed.), 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.
Courses Taught:
Consumer Psychology
Environmental Psychology
Consumer Psychology
Environmental Psychology
Robert Gifford Department of Psychology
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 3050
Victoria, BC V8W 3P5 Canada
Phone: (250) 721-7532
Fax: (250) 721-8929
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