• DOI:10.1521/SOCO.19.2.145.20705
Corpus ID: 6899208

Considering The Impossible: Explaining The Effects of Implausible Anchors

@article{Mussweiler2001ConsideringTI,
  title={Considering The Impossible: Explaining The Effects of Implausible Anchors},
  author={T. Mussweiler and F. Strack},
  journal={Social Cognition},
  year={2001},
  volume={19},
  pages={145-160}
}

• T. Mussweiler, F. Strack
• Published 2001
• Psychology
• Social Cognition

Research on judgmental anchoring - the assimilation of a numeric estimate towards a previously considered standard - has demonstrated that implausible anchors produce large effects. We propose an insufficient adjustment plus selective accessibility account for these effects. Specifically, judges may adjust from an implausible anchor until a plausible value for the target is reached and may then test the hypothesis that the target’s extension is similar to this value. If this is indeed the case… Expand

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