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Spicer, Jake, Zhu, Jian-Qiao, Chater, Nick and Sanborn, Adam N. (2022) Perceptual and cognitive judgments show both anchoring and repulsion. Psychological Science, 33 (9). pp. 1395-1407. doi:10.1177/09567976221089599
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976221089599
Abstract
One of the most robust effects in cognitive psychology is anchoring: judgments show a bias towards previously viewed values. However, in what is essentially the same task, a perceptual illusion demonstrates the opposite effect of repulsion. Here we unite these two literatures, testing in two experiments with adults (total N=200) whether prior comparative decisions bias cognitive and perceptual judgments in opposing directions, or whether anchoring and repulsion are two domain-general biases whose co-occurrence has so far gone undetected. We find that in both perceptual and cognitive tasks anchoring and repulsion co-occur, with the direction of the bias depending on the comparison value: distant values attract judgments, while nearby values repulse judgments. As none of the leading theories for either effect account for both biases, theoretical integration is needed. As a starting point, we describe one such integration based on sampling models of cognition.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | |||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | |||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Behavioural Science Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Psychology Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Cognitive psychology, Decision making , Judgment -- Psychological aspects, Attitude (Psychology), Prejudices | |||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Psychological Science | |||||||||
| Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | |||||||||
| ISSN: | 1467-9280 | |||||||||
| Official Date: | September 2022 | |||||||||
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| Volume: | 33 | |||||||||
| Number: | 9 | |||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 1395-1407 | |||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1177/09567976221089599 | |||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | |||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | |||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access | |||||||||
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