Open AccessAnchoring: Cognitive bias and numerical conception
Author(s) -
Pàvlos Kipouràs
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nowa kodyfikacja prawa karnego
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2084-5065
DOI - 10.19195/2084-5065.59.6
Subject(s) - anchoring , cognitive bias , object (grammar) , cognition , point (geometry) , psychology , elaboration , computer science , cognitive psychology , social psychology , mathematics , artificial intelligence , philosophy , humanities , geometry , neuroscience
Anchoring is a cognitive bias connected to the conception of information by every individual. The initial notion created becomes a significant point of reference for all future interpretations of the same object or data, so as to block any further re-elaboration to the initially defined information. The article presents a practical case of a false numerical conception due to anchoring