Application of the Anchoring Effect in Military Decision Making

Li Shifei; Wu Chenpeng; Ouyang Yan; Liu Zhen

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Application of the Anchoring Effect in Military Decision Making

Li Shifei, Wu Chenpeng, Ouyang Yan, Liu Zhen

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Received: 9 May 2022 Accepted: 6 June 2022 Published: 9 June 2022

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Abstract

The anchoring effect, as a typical cognitive bias, has been widely used in judgment and decision making research in different fields, and as the anchoring effect has been verified in many fields, more and more attention has been paid to the methods and approaches to reduce the anchoring effect. As the basis and core of military decision making to achieve certain military goals and missions, correct and reasonable military decision making is the key to the success of military operations. In order to effectively reduce or even avoid the cognitive bias caused by the anchoring effect on commanders and improve the correctness and rationality of military decisions, this paper systematically analyzes the theoretical explanations of the anchoring effect in different periods, summarizes the psychological mechanism of the anchoring effect, and on this basis gives several typical examples of battles at home and abroad in which the anchoring effect affected the correct decisions of commanders and eventually led to the failure of military operations. The harm of anchoring effect in military command decision making is analyzed in conjunction with the CECA decision model, and the paper proposes effective strategies to cope with anchoring effect in military decision making, which can serve as useful references for military decision makers at different levels.

Published in	Science Innovation (Volume 10, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.si.20221003.17
Page(s)	90-95
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Anchoring Effect, Military Decision Making, Cognitive Bias, Coping Strategies

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Li Shifei

Department of Early Warning Technology, Air Force Early Warning Academy, Wuhan, China
Wu Chenpeng

Forth Groups of Students, Air Force Early Warning Academy, Wuhan, China
Ouyang Yan

Department of Space Early Warning, Air Force Early Warning Academy, Wuhan, China
Liu Zhen

Department of Early Warning Technology, Air Force Early Warning Academy, Wuhan, China

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