anchoring (English, noun)
expansion: anchoring (countable and uncountable, plural anchorings)
Senses:
glosses: The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The tendency of people to place subsequently refined answers to a given question close to the initially estimated answer, giving undue weight to the initial answer, such as adjusting an initial estimate of 20% to 30% when 90% would be more appropriate.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: anchorings
tags: plural