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Shamu Y, You Z, Wang M. Social visibility of consumption and conspicuous consumption: An empirical analysis of Chinese wedding ceremonies. Heliyon 2024; 10:e25854. [PMID: 38356553 PMCID: PMC10865328 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2023] [Revised: 01/29/2024] [Accepted: 02/04/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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This study explores the transformative impact of a digital platform integrating social media platforms like WeChat and Weibo with social e-commerce applications such as RED on individuals' consumption behaviours. It examines how this influence reshapes personal image, builds social identity, and engages in various behaviours, particularly focusing on the social visibility of consumption during Chinese wedding celebrations. Through an online survey of 570 respondents who have hosted or plan to host wedding celebrations, we investigate whether the use of social media increases the likelihood of the social visibility of individual consumption. Our findings reveal a significant relationship between social media use and the social visibility of respondents' consumption. Moreover, a continual rise in the social visibility of respondents' consumption is associated with increased conspicuous consumption behaviour and display. While self-expression enhances the social visibility of consumption and its impact on brand awareness, this study does not identify a moderating effect of self-expression on the relationship between the social visibility of consumption and conspicuous consumption behaviour and display. These results give insight into the evolving role of digital platforms in shaping consumption patterns, particularly in the context of significant life events like weddings in China.
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Hester N, Hehman E. Dress is a Fundamental Component of Person Perception. PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY REVIEW 2023; 27:414-433. [PMID: 36951208 PMCID: PMC10559650 DOI: 10.1177/10888683231157961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/24/2023]
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ACADEMIC ABSTRACT Clothing, hairstyle, makeup, and accessories influence first impressions. However, target dress is notably absent from current theories and models of person perception. We discuss three reasons for this minimal attention to dress in person perception: high theoretical complexity, incompatibility with traditional methodology, and underappreciation by the groups who have historically guided research in person perception. We propose a working model of person perception that incorporates target dress alongside target face, target body, context, and perceiver characteristics. Then, we identify four types of inferences for which perceivers rely on target dress: social categories, cognitive states, status, and aesthetics. For each of these, we review relevant work in social cognition, integrate this work with existing dress research, and propose future directions. Finally, we identify and offer solutions to the theoretical and methodological challenges accompanying the psychological study of dress. PUBLIC ABSTRACT Why is it that people often agonize over what to wear for a job interview, a first date, or a party? The answer is simple: They understand that others' first impressions of them rely on their clothing, hairstyle, makeup, and accessories. Many people might be surprised, then, to learn that psychologists' theories about how people form first impressions of others have little to say about how people dress. This is true in part because the meaning of clothing is so complex and culturally dependent. We propose a working model of first impressions that identifies four types of information that people infer from dress: people's social identities, mental states, status, and aesthetic tastes. For each of these, we review existing research on clothing, integrate this research with related work from social psychology more broadly, and propose future directions for research.
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Lopez SV, Krems JA, Dunn DS, Warner E, Leffingwell TR. Short-term mating orientation as a predictor of alcohol use and risky sexual behavior. JOURNAL OF AMERICAN COLLEGE HEALTH : J OF ACH 2023; 71:1670-1675. [PMID: 34242137 DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2021.1947836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 05/20/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Sexual Strategies Theory suggests people fall on a continuum between having short-term mating orientation (STMO) and long-term mating orientation. One way STMO individuals signal mating goals is via risky drinking. The current study therefore aims to investigate drinks per week (DPW) as a mediator between STMO and risky sexual behavior (RSB), with gender as a moderator between STMO and DPW. PARTICIPANTS Undergraduate students (N = 300) from a Midwestern university during Fall 2019. METHOD Participants completed questionnaires assessing STMO, DPW, and RSB frequency. RESULTS A moderated-mediation model indicated DPW significantly mediated the relationship between STMO and RSB. Positive associations were found among all three variables. Gender was not a moderator between STMO and DPW. CONCLUSIONS Mating orientation was a correlate of alcohol use and RSB for women and men, contributing to the literature identifying STMO as an indicator of those in need of substance use and RSB intervention.
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- Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
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Jin CW, Chen R. The Effect of Asymmetric Intersexual Selection Power Perception on the Choice Deferral Behavior of Men and Women. EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY 2023; 21:14747049231193993. [PMID: 37587741 PMCID: PMC10437045 DOI: 10.1177/14747049231193993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023] Open
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Consumers always delay their choices, which can cause companies to suffer tremendous losses. One reason for such delay is a lack of confidence. Confidence in consumer decision-making can stem from many sources, including social power. In this research, we find that selection power with regard to choosing a romantic mate increases consumers' decision confidence and, in turn, decreases choice deferral. We define the concept of intersexual selection power (ISP), and propose certain factors that can induce individuals' asymmetric ISP. We conducted four studies to explore four factors that could influence consumers' ISP perceptions (sex, mating cues, sex ratio, and mate value) and the effects of such power perception on choice deferral. The results showed that individuals with high ISP perception have more decision confidence and a lower choice deferral rate than individuals with low ISP perception regardless of the way in which choice deferral is measured.
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- Cheng-wen Jin
- School of Management, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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- School of Management, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Gasiorowska A, Folwarczny M, Tan LKL, Otterbring T. Delicate dining with a date and burger binging with buddies: impression management across social settings and consumers' preferences for masculine or feminine foods. Front Nutr 2023; 10:1127409. [PMID: 37396139 PMCID: PMC10311548 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1127409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
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Consumers often use their food choices as an impression management strategy to signal desirable aspects about themselves to others, especially in public places like restaurants and cafeterias, where the presence of others can promote certain consumption choices and preference patterns. In mating contexts, people prefer gender-typical traits and characteristics in a potential partner. Food options can also be classified according to their gender typicality, with certain alternatives perceived as feminine (e.g., salad, seafood) and with other options perceived as more masculine (e.g., steak, burger). Drawing on impression management theories from the drinking and dining domain and literature on sex differences in human mate preferences, we present a high-powered experiment investigating whether consumers' preferences for masculine or feminine foods depend on the social setting in which the food consumption takes place: dining with an attractive date (mating) or meeting and eating with friends (non-mating). Participants (N = 162, 46.9% females, 53.1% males; age M = 41.8 years, SD = 14.5) were randomly assigned to one of the two experimental conditions (mating vs. non-mating) and were asked to indicate their food preferences for 15 dishes that differed markedly in perceived femininity/masculinity. Consistent with our theorizing, females (males) generally had a stronger preference for foods perceived as more feminine (masculine), thereby supporting the gender-typicality thesis at the aggregate level. Furthermore, females in the mating condition-but not females in the non-mating condition-reported significantly stronger preferences for more feminine food alternatives. However, in direct contrast to our theorizing, males preferred more masculine meals in the non-mating condition (i.e., when dining with friends), whereas this gender-typical tendency did not emerge in the mating condition (i.e., when dining with an attractive date). We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these findings and present a set of fruitful avenues for future research.
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- Agata Gasiorowska
- Faculty of Psychology in Wroclaw, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Business Administration, Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore, Singapore
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Galindo-Caballero ÓJ, Alzate-Pamplona FA, Gangestad SW, Cruz JE. A review and p-curve analysis of research on the menstrual cycle correlates of consumer preferences and economic decisions. Horm Behav 2023; 150:105317. [PMID: 36731300 DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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A number of studies have been claimed to show that ovarian hormones, whose levels fluctuate throughout the menstrual cycle, affect consumer preferences and financial decisions. The present article aims to critically analyze the literature examining associations between the phases of the menstrual cycle (peri-ovulatory vs. non-ovulatory) with particular consumer preferences (especially regarding clothing choices) and economic decisions (especially in regards to economic games and risk-taking). A search for studies was conducted in Web of Science and Scopus between 2004 and 2022, by combining keywords of the menstrual cycle, consumer preferences, and economic decisions. Once articles were selected, we identified the main findings, the characteristics of the population, and the methods for determining the phases of the cycle. We performed a p-curve analysis on previously reported statistically significant effects. These analyses find evidence for associations between peri-ovulatory status and specific consumer preferences, most strongly for appearance-enhancing products. They yield no compelling evidence for associations between peri-ovulatory status and financial decisions and risk-taking. We offer provisional conclusions and call for additional studies that possess sufficient statistical power to detect true meaningful effects, especially in the domain of financial decisions.
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- Departamento de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
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S B, Chandra B. The influence of intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors on e-WOM behaviour: The role of psychological impact during the time of COVID-19 crisis. Heliyon 2023; 9:e13270. [PMID: 36816325 PMCID: PMC9932786 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e13270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Revised: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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This investigation unearths the trait antecedents of intrinsic and extrinsic motivational drivers and their consequences on attitude towards e-WOM of social mobile app users. Additionally, this study attempts to explore the moderating role of psychological impact on attitude towards e-WOM when COVID-19 is ravaging the world. Following the descriptive research method, the survey was carried out among convenience sample respondents of 627 social mobile app users. The outcome brought out that extraversion had a favourable influence on opinion leadership, customer engagement, and self-expression for sharing consumption related information during the pandemic. Likewise, materialism also had a strong effect on self-expression. Nonetheless, extraversion and materialism failed to affect self-presentation motives. And, self-presentation was observed influencing attitude towards e-WOM negatively. The outcome of the study demonstrates that individuals with high psychological impact have a strong motivation to involve in customer engagement to participate in e-WOM communication. Motivational drivers such as self-expression, opinion leadership, and customer engagement had a significant effect on attitude towards e-WOM for the whole sample analysis. This investigation contributes to existing literature of e-WOM behaviour and widens the scope of self-presentation theory, social exchange theory, theory of planned behaviour etc. Finally, this research also assists marketers and practitioners to take better decision-making on developing a social media advertising and campaign using the framework.
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Alzate-Pamplona FA, Galindo-Caballero Ó, Escudero JPS, Zapata JV. Economic Decisions, Attractiveness, and Intrasexual Competition during Menstrual Cycle in the Ultimatum Game. Int J Psychol Res (Medellin) 2023; 16:6-15. [PMID: 37547862 PMCID: PMC10402649 DOI: 10.21500/20112084.5919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 08/08/2023] Open
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Introduction it seems that, in the phase of greatest fertility, women's intrasexual competition (toward attractive women who live nearby) increases due to access to resources, status, and biologically desirable partners. Objective to compare the economic decisions (ED) during the ovulatory (OP) and luteal (LP) phases of the menstrual cycle (MC) with exposure to two stimuli: a photograph of a more attractive woman and a photograph of a less attractive woman, through the ultimatum game (UG). Methodology the research followed a cross-sectional design between subjects to see group differences by contrasting hypotheses. The sampling was probabilistic, with a sample of 100 heterosexual women, students at a public university with an age range of 18 to 24 years, with regular MC, who did not use hormonal contraceptive methods and did not have any endocrine condition. The inverse counting method with confirmation was applied to identify CM phases; and the UG to evaluate the DE. Results the phases of the MC had no effect on the ED; the women behaved similarly in their decisions, regardless of the phase of the cycle they were in or the type of stimulus to which they were exposed. Conclusion OP and LP do not affect the ED of women when they are exposed to an attractive stimulus. The discussion is made considering the evolutionary theory of the ovulatory shift hypothesis.
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- Fraidy-Alonso Alzate-Pamplona
- Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Fundación Universitaria María Cano. Medellín, Colombia.Fundación Universitaria María CanoFacultad de Ciencias de la SaludFundación Universitaria María CanoMedellínColombia
- Programa de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas, Universidad Manuela Beltrán. Bogotá, Colombia.Universidad Manuela BeltránUniversidad Manuela BeltránBogotáColombia
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- Programa de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas, Universidad Manuela Beltrán. Bogotá, Colombia.Universidad Manuela BeltránUniversidad Manuela BeltránBogotáColombia
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- Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública, Universidad de Antioquia. Medellín, Colombia.Universidad de AntioquiaFacultad Nacional de Salud PúblicaUniversidad de AntioquiaMedellínColombia
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- Departamento de Psicología, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas, Universidad de Antioquia. Medellín, Colombia.Universidad de AntioquiaFacultad de Ciencias Sociales y HumanasUniversidad de AntioquiaMedellínColombia
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Pick CM, Ko A, Kenrick DT, Wiezel A, Wormley AS, Awad E, Al-Shawaf L, Barry O, Bereby-Meyer Y, Boonyasiriwat W, Brandstätter E, Ceylan-Batur S, Choy BKC, Crispim AC, Cruz JE, David D, David OA, Defelipe RP, Elmas P, Espinosa A, Fernandez AM, Fetvadjiev VH, Fetvadjieva S, Fischer R, Galdi S, Galindo-Caballero OJ, Golovina EV, Golovina GM, Gomez-Jacinto L, Graf S, Grossmann I, Gul P, Halama P, Hamamura T, Han S, Hansson LS, Hitokoto H, Hřebíčková M, Ilic D, Johnson JL, Kara-Yakoubian M, Karl JA, Kim JP, Kohút M, Lasselin J, Lee H, Li NP, Mafra AL, Malanchuk O, Moran S, Murata A, Na J, Ndiaye SAL, O J, Onyishi IE, Pasay-An E, Rizwan M, Roth E, Salgado S, Samoylenko ES, Savchenko TN, Sette C, Sevincer AT, Skoog E, Stanciu A, Suh EM, Sznycer D, Talhelm T, Ugwu FO, Uskul AK, Uz I, Valentova JV, Varella MAC, Wei L, Zambrano D, Varnum MEW. Fundamental social motives measured across forty-two cultures in two waves. Sci Data 2022; 9:499. [PMID: 35974021 PMCID: PMC9380674 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-022-01579-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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How does psychology vary across human societies? The fundamental social motives framework adopts an evolutionary approach to capture the broad range of human social goals within a taxonomy of ancestrally recurring threats and opportunities. These motives—self-protection, disease avoidance, affiliation, status, mate acquisition, mate retention, and kin care—are high in fitness relevance and everyday salience, yet understudied cross-culturally. Here, we gathered data on these motives in 42 countries (N = 15,915) in two cross-sectional waves, including 19 countries (N = 10,907) for which data were gathered in both waves. Wave 1 was collected from mid-2016 through late 2019 (32 countries, N = 8,998; 3,302 male, 5,585 female; Mage = 24.43, SD = 7.91). Wave 2 was collected from April through November 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic (29 countries, N = 6,917; 2,249 male, 4,218 female; Mage = 28.59, SD = 11.31). These data can be used to assess differences and similarities in people’s fundamental social motives both across and within cultures, at different time points, and in relation to other commonly studied cultural indicators and outcomes. Measurement(s) | Motivation • Emotional Well-being • Socioeconomic Indicator • Culture • Cultural Diversity | Technology Type(s) | survey method • digital curation | Sample Characteristic - Organism | Homo sapiens | Sample Characteristic - Location | Australia • Austria • Bolivia • Brazil • Bulgaria • Canada • Chile • China • Colombia • Czech Republic • Germany • Hong Kong • India • Israel • Italy • Japan • Kenya • Lebanon • Mexico • The Netherlands • New Zealand • Nigeria • Pakistan • Peru • The Philippines • Portuguese Republic • Romania • Russia • Saudi Arabia • Senegal • Serbia • Singapore • Slovak Republic • South Korea • Spain • Sweden • Thailand • Turkey • Uganda • Ukraine • United Kingdom • United States of America |
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- Cari M Pick
- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA. .,Office of the Chief Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY, 10010, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA
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- Department of Economics, University of Exeter Business School, Exeter EX4 4PU, England, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO, 80309, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar (UCAD), Dakar, 10700, Senegal
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- Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel
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- Department of Economic Psychology, Johannes Kepler University Linz, 4040, Linz, Austria
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- Department of Psychology, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, 06510, Ankara, Turkey
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- School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore, 188065, Singapore
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- Department of Psychology, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, 400347, Romania
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, 400347, Romania
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-030, Brazil
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- Department of Psychology, Adnan Menderes University, 09010, Aydın, Turkey
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- Grupo de Psicología Política y Social (GPPS), Departamento de Psicología, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, San Miguel, 15088, Lima, Peru
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- School of Psychology, University of Santiago, Santiago, Estación Central, Región Metropolitana, Chile
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- Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, 1018 WS, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,WorkWell Research Unit, North-West University, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa
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- School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand.,Instituto D'Or de Pesquisa e Ensino, Rio de Janeiro, 22281-100, Brazil
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- Department of Psychology, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, 81100, Caserta, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Cundinamarca, Colombia.,Faculty of Education, Human and Social Sciences, Universidad Manuela Beltran, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Institute of Psychology Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 129366, Russia
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- Institute of Psychology Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 129366, Russia
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- Department of Social Psychology, Social Work and Social Anthropology, University of Málaga, 29016, Málaga, Spain
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- Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences, 110 00, Nové Město, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Psychology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Sustainable Health (Campus Fryslân), University of Groningen, 8911CE, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
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- Center of Social and Psychological Sciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 841 04, Bratislava, Slovakia
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- School of Psychology, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Perth, Australia
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- School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Stress Research Institute, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden.,Division of Psychology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77, Solna, Sweden.,Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, ME Neuroradiologi, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, 171 77, Solna, Sweden
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- School & Graduate School of Humanities, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Hyogo, 662-8501, Japan
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- Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences, 110 00, Nové Město, Prague, Czechia
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- Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš, Niš, 18000, Serbia
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- Department of Community Sustainability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada
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- School of Psychology, Dublin City University, Dublin, 9, Ireland
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- Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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- Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, University of Trnava, 917 01, Trnava, Slovakia
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- Stress Research Institute, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden.,Division of Psychology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77, Solna, Sweden.,Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, ME Neuroradiologi, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, 171 77, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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- School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore, 188065, Singapore
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-030, Brazil
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- Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48104, USA
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- Department of Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel
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- Graduate School of Letters, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Psychology, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, South Korea
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- Department of Psychology, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, SY23 3UX, Wales, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria
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- Department of Psychology, University of Haripur, Haripur, 22620, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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- Experimental Research Unit (ERU), Department of Psychology, Universidad Católica Boliviana, La Paz, Bolivia
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- Department of Management and Economics, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Araucanía, Chile
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- Institute of Psychology Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 129366, Russia
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-030, Brazil
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- Department of Psychology, University of Hamburg, 20146, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, 753 20, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Monitoring Society and Social Change, Gesis-Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, 68072, Mannheim, Germany
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- Department of Psychology, Yonsei University, Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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- Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078, USA
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- Behavioral Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, Nigeria
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- School of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NP, UK
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- Department of Psychology, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, 06510, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 05508-030, Brazil
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- Department of Education, Hubei University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430061, China
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- Department of Psychology, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85287, USA.
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Ehrlich PR, Ehrlich AH. Returning to "Normal"? Evolutionary Roots of the Human Prospect. Bioscience 2022; 72:778-788. [PMID: 35923190 PMCID: PMC9343229 DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biac044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Paul R Ehrlich
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
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- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States
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Argan M, Argan MT, Aydınoğlu NZ, Özer A. The delicate balance of social influences on consumption: A comprehensive model of consumer-centric fear of missing out. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2022.111638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Wei X, Huang X, Xie Y, Tu R. The Influence of Erotic Stimulation on Brand Preference of Male and Female Consumers: From the Perspective of Human Reproductive Motives. Front Psychol 2022; 13:848864. [PMID: 35747673 PMCID: PMC9210950 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.848864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Based on the theory of human reproductive motives, this study discusses how erotic stimulation can help activate male and female consumers' reproductive motives (i.e., mate-attraction and mate-retention motives), influencing product purchase intention and brand personality perception. Specifically, the results of four experiments reveal that when a man receives erotic stimulation from women, his mate-attraction motive is activated. Consequently, he perceives that the brand personality of his possessions is more rugged, and his preference for products with a rugged brand personality is stronger. Unlike male consumers, when a heterosexual woman in an intimate romantic relationship receives erotic stimulation from other women, her mate-retention motive is activated. As a result, she perceives that the brand personality of her partner's possessions is sincerer and prefers to purchase products with a sincere brand personality for her partner. This effect will not occur when a product is owned by her male colleague than her partner.
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- Xia Wei
- College of Management, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sapporo Gakuin University, Ebetsu, Japan
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- College of Management, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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- College of Management, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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Pellegrino A, Abe M, Shannon R. The Dark Side of Social Media: Content Effects on the Relationship Between Materialism and Consumption Behaviors. Front Psychol 2022; 13:870614. [PMID: 35572231 PMCID: PMC9096894 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.870614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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This study contributes to the emerging literature on the negative effects over consumption that social media users may develop as a consequence of being engaged on social media platforms. The authors tested materialism's direct and indirect impacts on compulsive, conspicuous, and impulsive buying, adding two novel mediators: attitudes toward social media content (SCM) and social media intensity (SMI). The study uses a convenience sample of 400 Thai social media users analyzed using structural equation modeling. The results confirmed the well-established positive relationships between materialism and each of the three-negative consumption behaviors also in the social media domain. A novel finding showed the important role played by SMI which was found to be a strong predictor of each of the three negative consumption behaviors and it was also found to significantly mediate the relationship between materialism and the three-negative consumption behaviors. An additional contribution of the study was found on the role of attitudes which, contrary to what is commonly believed, were often not significant in predicting any negative behavior.
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- College of Management, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Wang Y, Liu B, Lin S, Liu L, Wu Y, Cui L. The effects of subjective socioeconomic status on conspicuous consumption. JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/jasp.12876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Yan Wang
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science East China Normal University Shanghai China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science East China Normal University Shanghai China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science East China Normal University Shanghai China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science East China Normal University Shanghai China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science East China Normal University Shanghai China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Psychological Crisis Intervention, School of Psychology and Cognitive Science East China Normal University Shanghai China
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Cannon C, Rucker DD. Motives Underlying Human Agency: How Self-efficacy versus Self-enhancement Affect Consumer Behavior. Curr Opin Psychol 2022; 46:101335. [DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sedikides C, Hart CM. Narcissism and Conspicuous Consumption. Curr Opin Psychol 2022; 46:101322. [DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Davis AC, Arnocky S. An Evolutionary Perspective on Appearance Enhancement Behavior. ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR 2022; 51:3-37. [PMID: 33025291 DOI: 10.1007/s10508-020-01745-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2019] [Revised: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/15/2020] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Researchers have highlighted numerous sociocultural factors that have been shown to underpin human appearance enhancement practices, including the influence of peers, family, the media, and sexual objectification. Fewer scholars have approached appearance enhancement from an evolutionary perspective or considered how sociocultural factors interact with evolved psychology to produce appearance enhancement behavior. Following others, we argue that evidence from the field of evolutionary psychology can complement existing sociocultural models by yielding unique insight into the historical and cross-cultural ubiquity of competition over aspects of physical appearance to embody what is desired by potential mates. An evolutionary lens can help to make sense of reliable sex and individual differences that impact appearance enhancement, as well as the context-dependent nature of putative adaptations that function to increase physical attractiveness. In the current review, appearance enhancement is described as a self-promotion strategy used to enhance reproductive success by rendering oneself more attractive than rivals to mates, thereby increasing one's mate value. The varied ways in which humans enhance their appearance are described, as well as the divergent tactics used by women and men to augment their appearance, which correspond to the preferences of opposite-sex mates in a heterosexual context. Evolutionarily relevant individual differences and contextual factors that vary predictably with appearance enhancement behavior are also discussed. The complementarity of sociocultural and evolutionary perspectives is emphasized and recommended avenues for future interdisciplinary research are provided for scholars interested in studying appearance enhancement behavior.
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- Adam C Davis
- Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Nipissing University, North Bay, ON, P1B 8L7, Canada.
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Long-term mating equals far-sighted? The effect of mating strategy on economic decision-making. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.111129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Otterbring T, Folwarczny M, Tan LKL. Populated Places and Conspicuous Consumption: High Population Density Cues Predict Consumers' Luxury-Linked Brand Attitudes. Front Psychol 2021; 12:728903. [PMID: 34925137 PMCID: PMC8673263 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.728903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Population density has been identified as an ecological factor with considerable behavioral implications. The present research aimed to examine whether the mere perception of more (vs. less) populated places can change consumers' luxury-linked brand attitudes. To this end, we experimentally manipulated consumers' perceptions of population density using pictorial exposure to high (vs. low) population density cues. The results revealed a significant interaction between manipulated population density and perceived brand luxury on brand attitudes. Specifically, exposure to high rather than low population density cues resulted in more positive (negative) attitudes toward brands deemed to be more (less) luxurious. These findings support our prediction that high population density cues can shift people's perceptions in consumption contexts linked to luxury. Our work contributes to the growing stream of literature on population density and suggests that this (geo-) demographic factor can exert important downstream effects on consumer behavior.
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- Tobias Otterbring
- Department of Management, University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway
- Institute of Retail Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Business Administration, Reykjavik University, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore, Singapore
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Mendoza Straffon L. The Peacock Fallacy: Art as a Veblenian Signal. Front Psychol 2021; 12:767409. [PMID: 34880815 PMCID: PMC8645796 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.767409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The fact that world-over people seem inexplicably motivated to allocate time and effort to apparently useless cultural practices, like the arts, has led several evolutionary scholars to suggest that these might be costly Zahavian signals correlated with genetic fitness, such as the infamous peacock's tail. In this paper, I review the fundamental arguments of the hypothesis that art evolved and serves as a costly Zahavian signal. First, I look into the hypothesis that humans exert mate choice for indirect benefits and argue that the data supports mate choice for direct benefits instead. Second, I argue that art practice may well be a costly signal, however not necessarily related to good genes. Third, I suggest that Thorstein Veblen's original concept of conspicuous signals as social tools to obtain and convey prestige provides a better account than the Zahavian model for the evolution and function of art in society. As a Veblenian signal, art could still have many of the effects suggested for visual art as a Zahavian signal, except not for the indirect benefits of optimal offspring, but for the direct benefits of acquiring and conveying social status.
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- Larissa Mendoza Straffon
- Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
- Cognitive Psychology Unit, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
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Yuan W, Gong S, Gao J. How Does House Demolition Affect Family Conspicuous Consumption? Front Psychol 2021; 12:741006. [PMID: 34777130 PMCID: PMC8581188 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.741006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Family conspicuous consumption behavior is affected by many factors. Existing pieces of literature seldom focus on the impact of house demolition on family conspicuous consumption and its underlying mechanism. Based on the mental accounting theory and conservation of resources theory, this study uses the micro-data of the 2011 China Household Finance Survey to empirically examine the relationship between house demolition and family conspicuous consumption. Robustness results suggest that house demolition positively affects household conspicuous consumption, which is not only reflected in the overall consumption level but also in the level of average consumption. Further analysis finds that household wealth and materialism value have a significant positive moderating effect on the relationship of the main effect. In addition, in order to clarify the relationship between conspicuous consumption and luxury consumption, this study finds that conspicuous consumption and luxury consumption are not completely equivalent through in-depth theoretical analysis and exploratory investigation. There are similarities in both consumption motivation and pattern, but with differences on consumer subject and object. The contribution of this research is to enrich the theory of decision-making in consumer behavior, which also has certain significance in deepening the understanding of the relationship between conspicuous consumption and luxury consumption.
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- Wei Yuan
- School of Business Administration, Hubei University of Economics, Wuhan, China
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- College of Business, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, China
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- College of Business, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai, China
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Otterbring T, Rolschau K. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder but rarely because of the beer. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.110921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Louridas P, Spinellis D. Conspicuous corruption: Evidence at a country level. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0255970. [PMID: 34469448 PMCID: PMC8409654 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0255970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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People can exhibit their status by the consumption of particular goods or experiential purchases; this is known as "conspicuous consumption"; the practice is widespread and explains the market characteristics of a whole class of goods, Veblen goods, demand for which increase in tandem with their price. The value of such positional goods lies in their distribution among the population-the rarer they are, the more desirable they become. At the same time, higher income, often associated with higher status, has been studied in its relation to unethical behavior. Here we present research that shows how a particular Veblen good, illicit behavior, and wealth, combine to produce the display of illegality as a status symbol. We gathered evidence at a large, country-level, scale of a particular form of consumption of an illictly acquired good for status purposes. We show that in Greece, a developed middle-income country, where authorities cannot issue custom vanity license plates, people acquire distinguishing plate numbers that act as vanity plate surrogates. We found that such license plates are more common in cars with bigger engines and in luxury brands, and are therefore associated with higher value vehicles. This cannot be explained under the lawful procedures for allocating license plates and must therefore be the result of illegal activities, such as graft. This suggests a pattern of "conspicuous corruption", where individuals break the law and use their gains as status symbols, knowing that the symbols hint at rule-breaking, as long as the unlawful practice cannot be incontestably established.
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- Panos Louridas
- Department of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Management Science and Technology, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece
- Department of Software Technology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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The impact of belongingness and graphic-based emoticon usage motives on emoticon purchase intentions for MIM: an analysis of Korean KakaoTalk users. ONLINE INFORMATION REVIEW 2021. [DOI: 10.1108/oir-02-2020-0036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PurposeAlthough graphic-based emoticons in mobile instant messenger (MIM) services became an important revenue source for their service provider, empirical research investigating factors influencing graphic-based emoticon purchase from the consumer's perspective is insufficient. The authors explore how user's achieved belongingness (acceptance or rejection) affects graphic based emoticon usage motivations and its purchase intentions.Design/methodology/approachA structural model is used to examine the relationship among individual's overall achieved belongingness, motivation factors of graphic-based emoticon usage in MIM such as perceived usefulness, perceived enjoyment, perceived enjoyment for others, social norm and emoticon purchase intentions. The authors collected and analyzed survey data of 279 Korean KakaoTalk users.FindingsThe analysis shows that perceived acceptance/inclusion positively impacts perceived usefulness, enjoyment and enjoyment of others in graphic-based emoticon usage. Meanwhile, perceived rejection/exclusion positively impacts perceived enjoyment and enjoyment of others but negatively influences perceived social norms. Moreover, social norms and perceived enjoyment directly affect graphic-based emoticon purchase intentions. The authors also find that perceived enjoyment of others and perceived social norms in a serial causal order mediate the relationship between perceived acceptance/inclusion (and rejection/exclusion) and emoticon purchase intentions.Research limitations/implicationsAdditional research including users from other demographic groups, such as other age groups, is required to generalize our findings and to increase external validity.Originality/valueUnique implications related to the role of user's achieved belongingness and perceived enjoyment of others in graphic-based emoticon usage in purchase intentions are found.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/ 10.1108/OIR-02-2020-0036
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Kruger DJ. Phenotypic Mimicry Distinguishes Cues of Mating Competition From Paternal Investment in Men's Conspicuous Consumption. PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY BULLETIN 2021; 48:396-411. [PMID: 33858239 DOI: 10.1177/01461672211007229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Evolutionary psychologists propose that men's conspicuous consumption facilitates mate attraction because it predicts resource investment in offspring. This article elaborates on the ultimate functions of men's luxury displays based on Life History Theory. Three studies provide evidence for phenotypic mimicry, in which consumer product features mimicking male secondary sex characteristics indicate investment in mating competition, at the expense of paternal investment. Men owning shirts with larger luxury brand logos were rated higher on mating effort, lower on parental investment, higher on interest in brief sexual affairs, lower on interest in long-term committed romantic relationships, higher in attractiveness to women for brief sexual affairs, lower in attractiveness to women for long-term committed relationships, and higher in developmental environment unpredictability compared with men owning shirts displaying a smaller logo. Participants recognized the strategic use of luxury display properties across social contexts but did not consistently associate product properties with owners' physiological characteristics.
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Social class, social self-esteem, and conspicuous consumption. Heliyon 2021; 7:e06318. [PMID: 33665462 PMCID: PMC7905187 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2020] [Revised: 12/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Previous research has suggested the negative relationship between self-esteem and conspicuous consumption since conspicuous consumption is aimed to gain social recognition and signal status. However, it has not been much explored how this relationship holds depending on social classes. We propose subjective social class will moderate the relationship between social self-esteem and conspicuous consumption. We also hypothesize the mediating roles of social dominance orientation and life satisfaction in the proposed moderation effect. By conducting the survey with the American sample, we tested these predictions. In Study 1, we showed that the negative relationship between social self-esteem and conspicuous consumption appeared only among high subjective social class individuals. In Study 2, we replicated Study 1 and further demonstrated that social dominance orientation and life satisfaction respectively mediated the interactive effect of subjective social class and social self-esteem on conspicuous consumption. The results suggest that among individuals who perceive themselves to be in a high social class, a low level of social self-esteem is conducive to conspicuous consumption. The theoretical implications and limitations of the present investigation are discussed.
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The moderating role of childhood socioeconomic status on the impact of nudging on the perceived threat of coronavirus and stockpiling intention. JOURNAL OF RETAILING AND CONSUMER SERVICES 2021. [PMCID: PMC7590644 DOI: 10.1016/j.jretconser.2020.102362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Communications that include nudges and framing strategies are ubiquitous in our daily lives. In this paper, we investigate how different nudging strategies during a public health campaign, particularly supplementary information and statistics, influence perceptions of threat and stockpiling intentions, while also considering the role of childhood socioeconomic status. Specifically, building upon prior work in behavioral economics, we hypothesize that the presence of additional statistics elicits lower perceived threat and intention to stockpile. In addition, we predict find that the childhood socioeconomic status of individuals influences these effects. Three studies offer evidence for those predictions and demonstrate the importance of message framing in uncertain circumstances. Overall, this work contributes to the literature on nudging and life history theory by investigating how communication strategies can be used to increase or decrease perceived threat in order to achieve desired outcomes (e.g., limiting stockpiling or respecting social distancing). The information presented and the design of health campaigns significantly influence perceived threats and irrational behaviors such as stockpiling intentions. Childhood socioeconomic status of individuals has an impact on the effectiveness of these advertising strategies. Health campaign design about COVID-19 and childhood SES influence perceived threat and stockpiling intentions.
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Nepomuceno MV, Stenstrom E. Consumption on steroids: The effect of testosterone on preferences for conspicuous consumption and the moderating role of intrasexual competition. JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL DECISION MAKING 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/bdm.2222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Marketing Department, Farmer School of Business Miami University Oxford OH USA
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The Effects of the Mating Market, Sex, Age, and Income on Sociopolitical Orientation : Insights from Evolutionary Theory and Sexual Economics Theory. HUMAN NATURE-AN INTERDISCIPLINARY BIOSOCIAL PERSPECTIVE 2020; 31:88-111. [PMID: 31916195 DOI: 10.1007/s12110-019-09361-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Sociopolitical attitudes are often the root cause of conflicts between individuals, groups, and even nations, but little is known about the origin of individual differences in sociopolitical orientation. We test a combination of economic and evolutionary ideas about the degree to which the mating market, sex, age, and income affect sociopolitical orientation. We collected data online through Amazon's Mechanical Turk from 1108 US participants who were between 18 and 60, fluent in English, and single. While ostensibly testing a new online dating website, participants created an online dating profile and described people they would like to date. We manipulated the participants' popularity in the mating market and the size of the market (i.e., the number of ideal partners in the market) and then measured participants' sociopolitical attitudes. The sociopolitical attitudes were reduced to five dimensions via Principal Components Analysis (Sociosexuality, Benevolent Sexism, Wealth Redistribution, Nonconforming Behaviors, and Traditional Family Values). Both manipulations affected attitudes toward wealth redistribution but were largely not significant predictors of the other dimensions. Men reported more unrestricted sociosexual attitudes, and more support for benevolent sexism and traditional family values, than women did, and women supported wealth redistribution more than men did. There was no sex difference in accepting nonconforming behaviors. Younger people and people with lower incomes were more liberal than older people and people with higher incomes, respectively, regardless of sex. Overall, effects were largely not interactive, suggesting that individual differences in sociopolitical orientation may reflect strategic self-interest and be more straightforward than previously predicted.
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The Critical Factors Affecting the Consumer Reselling of Limited Edition Products: A Case in the Korean Fashion Sector. SUSTAINABILITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/su12198181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Since e-commerce has revitalized recently in the form of live commerce and Instagram shopping, both purchase and sales have become promoted among consumers while reselling has been facilitated in second-hand item markets and among consumers. Particularly, the new trend of consuming products, rather than merely owning products, has become a mainstream factor in the market. Accordingly, consumers show extraordinary consumption, focusing on the act of purchasing limited edition products of high scarcity and placing more importance on one-off experience rather than ordinary new products or premium products. This study suggests critical factors that facilitate the reselling of limited edition products among consumers for the purpose of examining the consumer reselling of limited edition products, which has been a rapidly growing trend in the fashion market. Based on relevant studies, this research presents four basic factor areas: personal needs, value, experience, and environment. It also defines 20 sub-factors and analyzes the weight of each factor by means of the AHP method. In conclusion, it turned out that factors of personal needs were of the most significant influence. Particularly, it was verified that the need for joining was the most critical factor facilitating consumers’ reselling of limited edition products.
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Sustainable Consumption Behavior at Home and in the Workplace: Avenues for Innovative Solutions. SUSTAINABILITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/su12166564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Companies which offer innovative solutions to aid the achievement of sustainable consumption behavior of individuals in home environment gain a competitive advantage. The study aims to uncover the relationship between the engagement in sustainable consumption and sustainable consumption behavior of individuals at home and in the workplace environments enabling companies to provide innovative solutions to advance sustainability management. This research holds that sustainable consumption behavior is a process and the focus of this study is use behavior. An online survey was employed to collect data from 407 respondents in the United Kingdom. Consumers working in both private and public sectors were surveyed. Data analysis suggests that one dimension of engagement in sustainable consumption, namely, Enthusiasm and Attention, mostly influences sustainable consumption behavior at home and in the workplace. Further, females feature higher sustainable consumption behavior at home and in the workplace most of the time in comparison to males. Also, there are age differences apropos sustainable consumption behavior at home and in the workplace. Social Learning Theory and Collaborative Consumption Theory are used to raise hypotheses and explain findings. The findings lead to practical implications for companies regarding engagement and sustainable consumption behavior in both environments in terms of incentives, green product and service innovation that may be offered to individuals to enhance sustainability.
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Li NP, Yong JC, Tsai MH, Lai MHC, Lim AJY, Ackerman JM. Confidence is sexy and it can be trained: Examining male social confidence in initial, opposite-sex interactions. J Pers 2020; 88:1235-1251. [PMID: 32512622 DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2019] [Revised: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We investigated whether men's social confidence in an initial, opposite-sex chatting context can be improved through a video tutorial and the extent to which being perceived as socially confident results in being seen as more romantically desirable and worthy of future contact. METHOD Women chatted with men who had received or not received a tutorial on how to handle speed-dating chats (Study 1: N = 129; Study 2: N = 60) or with male targets selected for having high versus moderate confidence in handling initial, opposite-sex encounters (Study 3: N = 46). RESULTS Tutorial-trained men felt more confident going into the chats and they, as well as male targets selected for their confidence, were perceived by female chat partners to be higher in social confidence, status, and dominance. However, only perceptions of social confidence were further associated with being perceived as more romantically desirable (as a short-term mate) and worthy of future contact. CONCLUSIONS Findings indicate that social confidence is trainable and that other-perceived social confidence can impact the outcomes of social interactions.
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- Norman P Li
- School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Athamneh LN, Stein JS, Bickel WK. Narrative theory III: Evolutionary narratives addressing mating motives change discounting and tobacco valuation. Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 2020; 28:276-290. [PMID: 31424235 PMCID: PMC7028457 DOI: 10.1037/pha0000315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Relationships between discounting and addictive behaviors have both state- and trait-based components. Evolutionarily driven motives may trigger risk-taking behaviors, and narratives might be used to alter the temporal window of reward valuation. The current investigation-in 2 separate studies-sought to understand the basic effects of narratives on smoking behavior by examining the effect of mating narratives on the discounting rates of cigarette smokers. Using data collected online, Study 1 (N = 132) assessed the within-individual effect of a mating narrative describing a long-term romantic relationship on rates of discounting after being randomly assigned to 1 of 2 narratives (romance or control) and Study 2 (N = 273) assessed the between-individual effect of 2 mating narratives (1 describing a long-term romantic relationship and 1 describing a short-term sexual encounter) on rates of discounting, craving, and cigarette valuation after being randomly assigned to 1 of 3 motivational narratives (romance, sex, or control). Reading the romance narrative decreased rates of discounting (i.e., increased preference for larger delayed rewards), compared to a control narrative (Studies 1 and 2). In contrast, reading the sexual narrative increased discounting (i.e., decreased preference for larger delayed rewards). Moreover, the romance narrative significantly decreased craving of cigarettes while the sexual narrative increased cigarette valuation (Study 2). These findings suggest that mating narratives may be useful in manipulating the temporal window of reward valuation, relevant for altering demand and craving, and may show potential as a component of future behavioral addiction interventions. Given the small effect sizes, replicating the study in future research will be beneficial. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).
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- Liqa N. Athamneh
- Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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Sacco DF, Bruton SV, Brown M, Medlin MM. Skin in the Game: Personal Accountability and Journal Peer Review. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics 2020; 15:330-338. [PMID: 32425095 DOI: 10.1177/1556264620922651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Two preregistered studies explored the likelihood paper reviewers would request clarification from authors regarding potential questionable research practices (QRPs). Study 1 participants were instructed to imagine reviewing a journal manuscript as either a coauthor or peer reviewer and rate the extent to which they would request clarification from the author when encountering potential QRPs. Participants reported greater likelihood of requesting clarification when assigned to the coauthor relative to the peer reviewer role. Study 2 participants were assigned to either an anonymous or open-review condition and rated the extent to which they would seek clarification from an author regarding potential QRPs. Men (but not women) in the open review condition reported greater likelihood of seeking clarification about potential QRPs than men in the blind review condition. Results provide tentative evidence that motivational factors influence the peer review process, and suggestions are made for improving peer review practices.
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- Donald F Sacco
- The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, USA
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- Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ, USA
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- The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, USA
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Parent MC, Cooper C. Masculinity threats influence evaluation of hypermasculine advertisements. THE JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2020; 160:282-292. [PMID: 31315545 PMCID: PMC10732147 DOI: 10.1080/00224545.2019.1644281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/28/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The precarious manhood paradigm posits that many men view their gender as a social status that must be earned and maintained, and can be lost. The present study applied the precarious manhood paradigm to a hypermasculine advertisement. A sample of 208 men was collected online. Using a false feedback paradigm, men's masculinity was either threatened, or not threatened. The men then viewed one of two commercials. One commercial was a neutral, control advertisement, and one was a hypermasculine advertisement. We also measured participants' endorsement of masculine norms. Results of a moderated moderation analysis indicated that men in the threat condition were more likely to view the hypermasculine advertisement as being masculinity-enhancing, if they also endorsed the masculine norms of Winning, Heterosexual Self-Presentation, and Power over Women. Results for future research applying precarious manhood to advertising, and implications for clinical work with men, are discussed.
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Desmichel P, Ordabayeva N, Kocher B. What if diamonds did not last forever? Signaling status achievement through ephemeral versus iconic luxury goods. ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AND HUMAN DECISION PROCESSES 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2020.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Pérez Gálvez JC, Pemberthy Gallo LS, Medina-Viruel MJ, López-Guzmán T. Segmentation of Tourists that Visit the City of Popayán (Colombia) according to Their Interest in Its Gastronomy. JOURNAL OF CULINARY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/15428052.2020.1738298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Jesús Claudio Pérez Gálvez
- Department of Applied Economics, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence, ceiA3, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Tourism Sciences. Faculty of Accounting, Economic and Administrative Sciences, University of Cauca (Colombia), Tulcan Campus, Popayán, Colombia
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- Department of Applied Economics, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence, ceiA3, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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- Department of Applied Economics, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence, ceiA3, University of Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain
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Snyder BF. The genetic and cultural evolution of unsustainability. SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE 2020; 15:1087-1099. [PMID: 32292525 PMCID: PMC7133775 DOI: 10.1007/s11625-020-00803-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Anthropogenic changes are accelerating and threaten the future of life on earth. While the proximate mechanisms of these anthropogenic changes are well studied (e.g., climate change, biodiversity loss, population growth), the evolutionary causality of these anthropogenic changes have been largely ignored. Anthroecological theory (AET) proposes that the ultimate cause of anthropogenic environmental change is multi-level selection for niche construction and ecosystem engineering. Here, we integrate this theory with Lotka's Maximum Power Principle and propose a model linking energy extraction from the environment with genetic, technological and cultural evolution to increase human ecosystem carrying capacity. Carrying capacity is partially determined by energetic factors such as the net energy a population can acquire from its environment and the efficiency of conversion from energy input to offspring output. These factors are under Darwinian genetic selection in all species, but in humans, they are also determined by technology and culture. If there is genetic or non-genetic heritable variation in the ability of an individual or social group to increase its carrying capacity, then we hypothesize that selection or cultural evolution will act to increase carrying capacity. Furthermore, if this evolution of carrying capacity occurs faster than the biotic components of the ecological system can respond via their own evolution, then we hypothesize that unsustainable ecological changes will result.
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- Brian F. Snyder
- Department of Environmental Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
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Otterbring T, Sela Y. Sexually arousing ads induce sex-specific financial decisions in hungry individuals. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2019.109576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Defending the Queen’s Pride: Effect of the menstrual cycle phase on conspicuous consumption. JOURNAL OF PACIFIC RIM PSYCHOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.1017/prp.2019.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Women experience both physical and psychological changes during different phases of the menstrual cycle (MC), which can affect their decision making. The present study aims to investigate the impact of the MC on women’s preferences for conspicuous consumption. In three studies, women in the low-fertility phase were found to be more inclined toward conspicuous consumption, with the MC effect on conspicuous consumption being mediated by the extent of pride. We assumed that women in the low-fertility phase would feel less proud due to an evolutionary drive and that they would consume conspicuous products as a means of compensation. Meanwhile, women who were only children did not manifest such behavior. We infer that women from one-child families may have a greater sense of security and confidence, which buffers the mediating effect. This research contributes to both evolutionary psychology and marketing research and provides new insights for future studies.
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Ko A, Pick CM, Kwon JY, Barlev M, Krems JA, Varnum MEW, Neel R, Peysha M, Boonyasiriwat W, Brandstätter E, Crispim AC, Cruz JE, David D, David OA, de Felipe RP, Fetvadjiev VH, Fischer R, Galdi S, Galindo O, Golovina G, Gomez-Jacinto L, Graf S, Grossmann I, Gul P, Hamamura T, Han S, Hitokoto H, Hřebíčková M, Johnson JL, Karl JA, Malanchuk O, Murata A, Na J, O J, Rizwan M, Roth E, Salgado SAS, Samoylenko E, Savchenko T, Sevincer AT, Stanciu A, Suh EM, Talhelm T, Uskul AK, Uz I, Zambrano D, Kenrick DT. Family Matters: Rethinking the Psychology of Human Social Motivation. PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE 2019; 15:173-201. [DOI: 10.1177/1745691619872986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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What motives do people prioritize in their social lives? Historically, social psychologists, especially those adopting an evolutionary perspective, have devoted a great deal of research attention to sexual attraction and romantic-partner choice (mate seeking). Research on long-term familial bonds (mate retention and kin care) has been less thoroughly connected to relevant comparative and evolutionary work on other species, and in the case of kin care, these bonds have been less well researched. Examining varied sources of data from 27 societies around the world, we found that people generally view familial motives as primary in importance and mate-seeking motives as relatively low in importance. Compared with other groups, college students, single people, and men place relatively higher emphasis on mate seeking, but even those samples rated kin-care motives as more important. Furthermore, motives linked to long-term familial bonds are positively associated with psychological well-being, but mate-seeking motives are associated with anxiety and depression. We address theoretical and empirical reasons why there has been extensive research on mate seeking and why people prioritize goals related to long-term familial bonds over mating goals. Reallocating relatively greater research effort toward long-term familial relationships would likely yield many interesting new findings relevant to everyday people’s highest social priorities.
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- Ahra Ko
- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University
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- Department of Psychology, Arizona State University
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babeş-Bolyai University
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Babeş-Bolyai University
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- School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington
- Behavioral Neuroscience Lab, Instituto D’Or de Pesquisa e Ensino, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Psychology, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
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- Department of Social Psychology, Social Anthropology, Social Work and Social Services, University of Malaga
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- Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences
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- Department of Psychology, Iowa State University
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- School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, Peking University
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- Behavioral Neuroscience Lab, Instituto D’Or de Pesquisa e Ensino, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Center for Experimental Research in Social Sciences, Hokkaido University
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- Department of Psychology, Aberystwyth University
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- Behavioral Sciences Research Institute, Universidad Católica Boliviana
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- Department of Psychology, TOBB University of Economics and Technology
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- Department of Psychology, Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz
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Tifferet S, Dror S, David S. Age preferences for advertisement models differ by their gender / Las preferencias de edad de los modelos publicitarios varían en función del sexo del modelo. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/02134748.2019.1682293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Adler Chomski Marketing Communication
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Rucker DD. Social rank: implications for consumers as actors and observers. Curr Opin Psychol 2019; 33:57-61. [PMID: 31398538 DOI: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2019.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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This review provides an introduction to the relationship between consumers' social rank and their behavior as actors and observers. As actors, people's experience of occupying a position of lower or higher social rank-whether actual or imagined-influences consumer behavior outcomes such as gift giving and luxury consumption. As observers, people exhibit both positive and negative responses to others' signals of social rank. Finally, research opportunities related to power versus status hierarchies, how observers categorize luxury consumption, and observers' ability to correctly assess an actor's social rank are discussed. In total, this review provides a primer on past, present, and future research on the role of social rank in consumer behavior.
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- Derek D Rucker
- Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, United States.
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Two seemingly unrelated, but fundamental challenges in evolutionary theory, are the evolution of costly signals and costly cooperative traits, both expected to reduce an individual’s fitness and diminish by natural selection. Here, by considering a well mixed population of individuals who produce signals and decide on their strategies in a game they play, based on the signals, we show that costly signals and costly cooperative strategies can co-evolve as a result of internal dynamics of the system. Costly signals evolve, despite their apparent cost, due to a favorable cooperative response they elicit. This favorable strategic response can be quantified in a fitness term which governs the distribution of costly signals better than their apparent cost. In the same way, cooperative strategies evolve as they can reach a high fitness due to the internal dynamics of the systems.
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Bradshaw HK, Leyva RP, Nicolas SC, Hill SE. Costly female appearance-enhancement provides cues of short-term mating effort: The case of cosmetic surgery. PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2018.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Zhang Y, Li X, Li P, Jia X, Li W. (Pretty) Lady First: Effects of Mate-Related Motives on the Item-Selection Orders of Faces With Varying Attractiveness. EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY 2019; 17:1474704919834502. [PMID: 30889967 PMCID: PMC10480801 DOI: 10.1177/1474704919834502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2018] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Evolutionary theories suggest that fundamental mating-related motives might exert specific effects on human cognition and behaviors. Based on the evolutionary perspective, our prior research illustrated that the activation of mating-related motives leads to a study-time allocation bias toward highly attractive female faces. While study-time allocation is one of the aspects of the self-regulated learning process, it is unclear whether mating motives affect study decision behaviors (as measured by item-selection orders) during the learning process. Therefore, the present study followed the logic of previous research and aimed to examine the effects of mating-related motives on item-selection orders for face-name associations among faces with varying attractiveness. In two experiments, after an imagery procedure, participants in mating-related priming conditions (Experiment 1: mate search, Experiment 2: mate guarding) or control conditions performed an item-selection task. Participants were shown 16 female faces with varying attractiveness on a computer screen and were instructed to decide the order for studying the faces and corresponding names. Experiment 1 showed that activating mate-search motives led male participants to prioritize the choice of highly attractive rather than less attractive faces for studying. In Experiment 2, compared to the participants in the control condition, female participants in the mate-guarding priming condition were more likely to prioritize the choice of highly attractive rather than less attractive faces for studying. The present findings clarify that mating-related motives affect the item-selection prioritization of faces with varying attractiveness.
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- Yuchi Zhang
- Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
- Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
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- Institute of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- China Center for Studies of Education and Psychology of Ethnic Minorities in Southwest China, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang, China
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An Updated Theoretical Framework for Human Sexual Selection: from Ecology, Genetics, and Life History to Extended Phenotypes. ADAPTIVE HUMAN BEHAVIOR AND PHYSIOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s40750-018-0103-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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