APS

2023 APS Annual Convention · 2023

Differential Attention to Personality Characteristics: People Attend Most to Conscientiousness in Their Interaction Preferences

Washington, DC · May 2023

Poster · Personality/Emotion

  • Csenge Bodi
    St. John's University
  • Mazia Iqbal
    St. John's University
  • Danielle Potts
    St. John's University
  • Jannatul Chowdhury
    St. John's University
  • Khadija Zahid
    St. John's University
  • Gabriel Sanchez
    St. John's University
  • Phuong Linh Nguyen
    University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
  • William Chaplin
    St. John's University

Abstract

Across 36 eye tracking trials, 47 participants viewed information about a target's Big Five personality profile. Results provide strong evidence (Bayes Factor = 64.3) that people differentially attend to different personality characteristics. The most attention is paid to  Conscientiousness, and the least to Neuroticism

Attention and Distraction

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