Abstract
This study looks at individual difference (personality and intelligence) correlates of proneness to anchoring bias. In all, 172 participants completed four anchoring tasks, and in each case there was a significant effect of the high/low anchor. They also completed the NEO-FFI personality test (measuring Neuroticism, Extroversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness) as well as two intelligence tests. Only Extroversion was found to be related to individual judgments – and only for one of the tasks. The results are discussed with respect to the literature on individual differences and anchoring bias.
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