Assignment: Describe Anchoring Heuristic

Assignment: Describe Anchoring Heuristic

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In the context of heuristics:

1. Describe Anchoring heuristic
2. Next, list one cognitive benefit and one cognitive disadvantage of relying on Anchoring Heuristics 

   Note to writer: I would prefer if you could answer this while citing a legitimate internet source using APA formatting. Please provide links.

   Supplementary data associated with this article can be found, in the online version, at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ j.jml.2016.12.004.

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