Many people receive unsolicited calls from telemarketers or unwanted ""junk"" mailers advertising offers for products such as ca
ble or internet services or cellular phone companies. Most people do not consider these offers and do not make a change to the plans or services that they receive because they do not want to make a decision that requires serious consideration or thought. This is an example of the _____ bias.
Status quo is understood as the existing way of something, mostly social, for example. The status quo bias is understood, then, as the preference an individual has of having <em>things remain the same</em> as they have been, without making much change.
In this case, people already have their services such as cable, internet or cell phone providers. They do not consider the telemarketer's offers because they do not want to make the decision to change, thus succumbing to the status quo bias of wanting things to remain the same.
