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Cakes of deception

Although anchoring bias is most commonly demonstrated using numerical estimation tasks, its effects extend beyond judgments involving numbers. Anchors can also influence qualitative evaluations by shaping how people interpret and assess subjective characteristics such as quality, attractiveness, or value. In this activity, participants will evaluate the qualities of a cake rather than estimate a numerical value,...


Tags: research methods, critical thinking, anchoring bias

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