Author Question: The tendency to use one stimulus as a reference point in judging a second stimulus is called the ... (Read 234 times)

Yi-Chen · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

The tendency to use one stimulus as a reference point in judging a second stimulus is called the ____ effect.

a. anchoring
b. halo
c. lock
d. disparity

Question 2

Judge Kellogg has just read a case file in which a defendant who had committed statutory rape was sentenced to 25 years in prison. He is considering sentencing in a statutory rape case in which the prosecutor is asking for 10 years for the defendant. Instead of going with the 10 years recommended by the prosecutor, he chooses to impose a sentence of 22 years. Judge Kellogg's decision illustrates the ____ effect.

a. anchoring
b. severity
c. adversarial
d. inquisitorial