Are Big Five Traits and Facets Associated With Anchoring Susceptibility?. Issue 1 (January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cheek, Nathan N.; Norem, Julie K.
• Is Part Of: Social psychological & personality science. Volume 11:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 26
• Page End: 35
• Publication Date: 2020-01
• Subjects: anchoring -- Big Five -- judgment -- bias -- uncertainty; Personality -- Periodicals; Social psychology -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 155.2
• DOI: 10.1177/1948550619837001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1948-5506

Abstract

Anchoring, the assimilation of judgments to previously considered values, is one of the most robust findings in psychology, and researchers have been increasingly interested in finding individual difference moderators of anchoring effects. Several investigations have examined the relation between Big Five traits and anchoring susceptibility, but previous studies have produced a confusing and contradictory pattern of results. We identify limitations of previous work and report a large preregistered study ( N = 945) to test whether Big Five traits and facets relate to anchoring. We find no significant relations between any traits or facets and anchoring susceptibility. We discuss the implications of our results and future directions for research on individual differences in anchoring susceptibility.