anchoring

an effect where an individual depends too heavily on an initial piece of information when making decisions
Event psychological_phenomenon Q557151
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anchoring

Summary

anchoring is a psychological phenomenon[1]. anchoring draws 527 Wikipedia views per month (psychological_phenomenon category, ranking #13 of 37).[2]

Key Facts

  • anchoring's instance of is recorded as psychological phenomenon[3].
  • anchoring's instance of is recorded as cognitive bias[4].
  • anchoring's subclass of is recorded as psychological phenomenon[5].
  • anchoring's subclass of is recorded as cognitive bias[6].
  • anchoring's part of is recorded as psychological terminology[7].
  • anchoring's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0387hy[8].
  • anchoring's Quora topic ID is recorded as Anchoring[9].
  • anchoring's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as focalism[10].
  • anchoring's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 18483071[11].
  • anchoring's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 22581[12].

Why It Matters

anchoring draws 527 Wikipedia views per month (psychological_phenomenon category, ranking #13 of 37).[2] anchoring has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] anchoring is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). anchoring. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/anchoring
MLA “anchoring.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/anchoring.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_anchoring_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{anchoring}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/anchoring}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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