Professor Geoff Beattie is fast becoming a legend in the world of social and behavioural studies. As well as being the Head of Psychology at Manchester University, he is one of the psychologists on Big Brother, has helped Girls Aloud overcome their fears of ghosts on UKTV’s Ghosthunting and has confronted food phobias at The Farm of Fussy Eaters.

He’s not just a celebrity psychologist; the Professor got his PhD in Psychology from the University of Cambridge (Trinity College) and is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS). He was awarded the Spearman Medal by the BPS for “published psychological research of outstanding merit” and in 2005 Geoff was President of the Psychology section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.

If that’s not enough to impress you… he has also published 15 books, many of which have either won or been short-listed for major international prizes. One of his books is a novel entitled “The Corner Boys” and this was short-listed for the Ewart-Biggs Literary Prize in 1999. Another of his books “On the Ropes” is hailed as a boxing classic and was runner-up for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. His recent autobiography “Protestant Boy” (Granta, 2004) has enjoyed critical acclaim as has his most recent book on body language “Visible Thought” (Routledge: 2004).

It’s because of all this that we’ve chosen Professor Geoff to help us devise a test to help you decide how compatible you are with your housemate-to-be, before you take the plunge and move in with them. Take the test