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Peer reviewedEllis, Michael V.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1990
Conducted two studies to clarify nature of anchoring errors in clinical judgments. Judgments from 103 undergraduates in Study 1 evidenced neither anchoring errors nor gender differences. Judgments from 157 psychologists in Study 2 affirmed adjustment and mitigation hypotheses over anchoring hypothesis alone. Mitigation process appeared adaptable…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Error Patterns, Higher Education, Psychologists
