The tendency to use a particular number or value as a starting point to which changes are made is known as ________
A) the rating and sliding heuristic
B) the anchoring and adjustment heuristic
C) the representativeness heuristic
D) the priming heuristic
E) the availability heuristic
Answer: B
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