APS
2024 APS Annual Convention · 2024
Costly Signals: How Cues of Materialistic Spending Impact Personality Trait Attribution
- Pierre Derbier
San Francisco State University - Ryan Howell
san fransisco state university
Abstract
We investigate how signals of materialism in a target impact a rater's personality trait attribution to that target. We expect that trait attribution will vary across levels. This study will provide a basis to explain trait-based discrimination.