THE LIMITS OF ANCHORING

被引:198
作者
CHAPMAN, GB [1 ]
JOHNSON, EJ [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV PENN, WHARTON SCH, PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 USA
关键词
ANCHORING AND ADJUSTMENT; COMPATIBILITY; CONFIRMATORY SEARCH;
D O I
10.1002/bdm.3960070402
中图分类号
B849 [应用心理学];
学科分类号
040203 ;
摘要
Anchoring and adjustment is a pervasive bias in which decision makers are influenced by random or uniformative numbers or starting points. As a means of understanding this effect, we explore two limits on anchoring. In Experiments 1 and 2, implausibly extreme anchors had a proportionally smaller effect than anchors close to the expected value of the lotteries evaluated. In Experiments 2 and 3, anchoring occurred only if the anchor and preference judgment were expressed on the same scale. Incompatible anchors and response modes resulted in no anchoring bias. A confirmatory search mechanism is proposed to account for these results.
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页码:223 / 242
页数:20
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