Question

When olivia and amanda met for the first time, olivia's first impression was that amanda was rather unfriendly. although subsequent meetings indicted that amanda may really be friendly, olivia failed to substantially change her initial impression. this tendency to cling to an initial impression is similar to processes that occur when people?

Answer 1

The correct answer is using anchoring and adjustment heuristic. This is known as a psychological heuristic by which it influences how a person influence the probabilities that may occur. With this heuristic, a person start with implicitly suggested reference points and in the same time, make adjustments to it.