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- Personality traits can impact how people perceive advertising, especially advertisement that is personalized 
- Individual differences, motivational systems, and product category affect and shape interpretations and perceptions people have towards personalized advertising 
- Should aim advertisements at personality traits to increase engagement 

Importance of Personality Traits in Personalized Advertising

- People with a promotion focus are more likely to buy and try new products than people with prevention focus 
- Promotion focus most closely aligns with people who buy things from a hedonic perspective (purchases that bring satisfaction)
- Extraversion and openness associated with promotion focus
- Prevention focus explains purchases based on utilitarian needs (necessary products bought for the functions they perform)
- Conscientiousness and neuroticism associated with prevention focus 

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