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Correction, uncertainty, and anchoring effects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2023

Chang-Yuan Lee Open the ORCID record for Chang-Yuan Lee [Opens in a new window]  and
Carey K. Morewedge Open the ORCID record for Carey K. Morewedge [Opens in a new window]
Chang-Yuan Lee
Affiliation:
Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada changyuan.lee@utoronto.ca
Carey K. Morewedge
Affiliation:
Questrom School of Business, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA morewedg@bu.edu https://www.bu.edu/questrom/profile/carey-morewedge/
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Abstract

We compare the predictions of two important proposals made by De Neys to findings in the anchoring effect literature. Evidence for an anchoring-and-adjustment heuristic supports his proposal that system 1 and system 2 are non-exclusive. The relationship between psychophysical noise and anchoring effects, however, challenges his proposal that epistemic uncertainty determines the involvement of system 2 corrective processes in judgment.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e129
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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