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The answer ANCHORING has 3 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of anchoring in various dictionaries:
verb - fix firmly and stably
verb - secure a vessel with an anchor
verb - to secure by means of an anchor (a device for holding a floating vessel in place)
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| Stopping the vessel |
| Fixing a rubber seal outside church |
| Stopping at sea |
| Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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| Mar 31 2011 The Times - Cryptic |
| Apr 14 2006 Irish Times (Crosaire) |
| Aug 20 2005 The Telegraph - Cryptic |
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| moor (a ship) to the sea bottom with an anchor. |
| The tendency of people to place subsequently refined answers to a given question close to the initially estimated answer, giving unduly weight to the initial answer, such as adjusting the initial estimate of "20" to "30" when "90" would be more appropriate. |
| Present participle of anchor. |
| A heavy object attached to a cable or chain and used to moor a ship to the sea bottom, typically having a metal shank with a pair of curved, barbed flukes at one end. |
| An anchorman or anchorwoman. |
| Moor (a ship) to the sea bottom with an anchor. |
| Present and coordinate (a television or radio programme) |
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Anchoring or focalism is a cognitive bias for an individual to rely too heavily on an initial piece of information offered (known as the "anchor") when making decisions. * The original description of the anchoring effect came from Psychophysics where it was noticed when judging stimuli along a continuum that the first and last stimuli were used to compare the other stimuli. This is often referred to as end anchoring. This was applied to attitudes by Sheriff et al. in 1958 in their article "Assimilation and contrast effects of anchoring stimuli on judgments." * During decision making, anchoring occurs when individuals use this initial piece of information to make subsequent judgments. Those objects near the anchor tend to be assimilated toward it and those further away tend to be displaced in the other direction. Once the value of this anchor is set, all future negotiations, arguments, estimates, etc. are discussed in relation to the anchor. This bias occurs when interpreting future informa |