In a previous post, I invited scholars to nominate what they think is the best-replicated finding in social psychology. Lukas Röseler, of the University of Bamberg, wrote me to make a case for ...

Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard. –John Steinbeck on letting go of unwanted anchors Heuristics are mental shortcuts that allow people to make ...

Anchoring and adjustment involves using a natural starting point as the basis for making adjustments. For example, an expert might choose to start with a "best guess" value, which represents perhaps ...