The Tendency to Use a Particular Number or Value as a Starting

question 97

Multiple Choice

The tendency to use a particular number or value as a starting point to which changes are made is known as ________.

• A)the rating and sliding heuristic
• B)the anchoring and adjustment heuristic
• C)the representativeness heuristic
• D)the priming heuristic
• E)the availability heuristic

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