Cognitive fossils: using cultural artifacts to reconstruct psychological changes throughout history

N Baumard, L Safra, M Martins, C Chevallier - Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 2024 - cell.com
Psychology is crucial for understanding human history. When aggregated, changes in the
psychology of individuals–in the intensity of social trust, parental care, or intellectual …

Evolutionary psychological consumer research: Bold, bright, but better with behavior

T Otterbring, J Sundie, YJ Li, S Hill - Journal of Business Research, 2020 - Elsevier
This special issue includes state-of-the-art papers that leverage various theories from
evolutionary psychology (EP) to shed light on important consumption-related phenomena …

The emotion of pride in consumer behaviour and marketing: a review, classification and future research agenda

H Kaur, HV Verma - Management Research Review, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The study aims to synthesize the state of research on pride in consumer behaviour
and marketing. Specifically, this study aims to understand the emergent themes of literature …

Social class, social self-esteem, and conspicuous consumption

GEG Oh - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Previous research has suggested the negative relationship between self-esteem and
conspicuous consumption since conspicuous consumption is aimed to gain social …

When abs do not sell: The impact of male influencers conspicuously displaying a muscular body on female followers

Y Su, T Kunkel, N Ye - Psychology & Marketing, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Based on evolutionary theory and costly signaling theory, this research explored how
flaunting a muscular body, especially male influencers showcasing muscle as a symbolic …

Shortsighted sales or long-lasting loyalty? The impact of salesperson-customer proximity on consumer responses and the beauty of bodily boundaries

T Otterbring, P Samuelsson, J Arsenovic… - European Journal of …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Previous research on salesperson-customer proximity has yielded mixed results,
with some studies documenting positive proximity effects on shopping responses and others …

The social influence of employee groups: Understanding the impact of employee groups on customer intentions through intimidation

VM Landers, CLE Jones, C Barney - Journal of Business Research, 2024 - Elsevier
It is not uncommon to see a group of employees congregating in a retail setting, but what
effect does the grouping of sales associates have on customer behavior? Drawing from …

Understanding the desire to play violent video games: An integrative motivational theory.

TF Denson, MM Kasumovic, E Harmon-Jones - Motivation Science, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
The effects of playing violent video games are well-documented; however, relatively little
research has investigated why much of the world's population plays these games. We …

The Female Consumer Response Implications of Male Dominance in a Product's Online Community

S Rathee, JD Hoskins - Journal of interactive marketing, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Does male dominance in a product's online community deter female community voices?
Does it affect product ratings and the nature of content produced? How might female …

[HTML][HTML] Plate, glass, and social class: How dominance and prestige orientation shape food preferences

M Folwarczny, RGV Menon, T Otterbring - Personality and Individual …, 2024 - Elsevier
Studies suggest that individuals may display their food preferences as vehicles for seeking
status: a universal motive across cultures. According to the dual model of status-seeking …