Question

Johanna Murray, a climate campaigner at The National Footprint Foundation, is known in her organization to be a campaigner of caliber and high performance. She has strong networks with the Ministry of Environment and allies with several environmental organizations in the country. Over the years, she has gained substantial knowledge on the issue of climate change. However, recently when she prepared a consolidated report on a conference she attended on climate change, it reflected major loopholes and limited information from the conference. Which of the following, if true, substantiates that Johanna had an anchoring bias?
A) Johanna was moved by the arguments put forth by the first speaker.
B) Johanna participated actively in the interactive session conducted at the end.
C) The speakers at the conference consisted of renowned environmental scientists and activists.
D) Johanna has attended several conferences where the panel consisted of eminent scientists.
E) Johanna was shocked by the startling facts shown during the concluding session.

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Johanna was moved by the arguments put forth by the first speaker.

Explanation:

We start by first explaining the meaning of the concept anchoring bias. This would help us to pick the best answer for this question.

Anchoring bias can be described as a bias that exists when a person is heavily dependent on the first information they get or are offered.  Once the person sets this anchor, all the judgments that they make tends to be anchored around this information.

so from these options in this question , the one that substantiates on what an anchoring bias is option A.

Johanna was moved by the arguments put forth by the first speaker.