Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bryce Hoffman writes about leadership, strategy, and decision making. The anchoring effect refers to our tendency to rely too ...
The anchoring effect, a psychological bias, demonstrates how the first piece of information encountered significantly ...
Imagine making a crucial decision only to realize later that your choice was heavily influenced by the first piece of information you encountered. This cognitive bias, known as the anchoring effect, ...
The function of the anchor on a ship is to keep the vessel from sailing away. But in the case of the ‘anchoring effect’, it keeps the mind from sailing towards different starting points for the ...