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The anchoring effect describes when decision makers fixate on initial information as a starting point and then, once set, fail to adequately adjust for subsequent information.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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We can't stop now. We've already invested 100,000 in the project. This speaker is acting on the ________.
 
  A) anchoring effect
  B) availability bias
  C) representation bias
  D) sunk costs error


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Reply #1 on: Jul 7, 2018
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Answer: TRUE

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