Mastodawn

Every time I spend more time with big sis I have to be aware of this kind of #anchoringbias : Older Siblings Setting the Standard.
Older sister always got better grades than me. It was always the anchor for my parents: I was expected to meet the standard she had set.
My teachers tended to think I was very smart because their anchor was different: the other students in my class, most of whom I would beat in every exam!
Into adulthood, the standard is no longer grades, but income. As an academic, I tend to lose that anchoring bias battle as well.

#littleme 😔

Nick Byrd, Ph.D.Mar 19, 2025

How can performance reviews be (de)biased?

Supervisors' ratings of an (imaginary) employee were biased by last year's rating (regardless of whether #AI generated it).

Listing TWO reasons why the prior rating is too high/low mitigated the #anchoringBias:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2025.102875

Bjørn Sætrevik Dec 18, 2024

Our paper is published in @collabraoa! We tested the combined effect of #ConfirmationBias #AnchoringBias #OverConfidence on #diagnostic #DecisionMaking.
https://online.ucpress.edu/collabra/article/10/1/126223/203998/Anchoring-Confirmation-and-Confidence-Bias-Among
#CognitivePsychology

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Kent Pitman Dec 17, 2023

@LordCaramac @breadandcircuses

That many people won't weather the temperatures and storms we've unleashed. So the large number you used measures nothing useful (in my view) but has the bad effect of tethering conversations to anchor bias that cannot be intellectually overcome, even if you only offered it as a stawman to dismiss. I strongly recommend not doing that.

I have the same issue with even mentioning programs that plan to be helpful other than ASAP, yesterday, immediately, etc. Naming any future year suggests the option to pace what can have no safe pace. Better we understand our state will be perpetually "behind schedule and lucky if humanity is still standing" for our lifetimes. Anything else is throwing away thi shreds of hope of any future.

I personally measure carrying capacity not by best case scenarios, such as you vaguely cite, but by worst, and we're not well-preparing for any worst case, much less an enduring crescendo of worst cases.

#climate #CarryingCapacity #AnchoringBias #psychology #ClimateCommunication #ClimateUrgency #Sustainability

Craig Joseph, MD Jun 27, 2023

Interesting article on #AnchoringBias in workup of shortness of breath in the ED. If CHF was referenced in the reason for visit, physicians were less likely to think about and workup for pulmonary embolism. We need to work on #usability. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2806464

Evidence for Anchoring Bias in Physician Decision-Making

This cross-sectional study examines the association between physicians testing patients with congestive heart failure presenting to the emergency department with shortness of breath for pulmonary embolism when the documentation before a physician saw the patient mentioned congestive heart failure.