anchoring
Making something stay
Anchoring is the act of securing something in place, most concretely a boat or ship using an anchor.
The term extends to any act of fixing or stabilizing: The tent stakes are anchoring the corners against the wind.
In psychology and behavioral economics, anchoring describes the cognitive bias where people rely too heavily on the first piece of information they encounter when making decisions—an initial price or number serves as an anchor that influences subsequent judgments.
Sleeping space on transport
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- harborSafe anchorage for ships
- marinaRecreational vessel harbor
- buoyTethered nautical signal
hawser · rode · windlass · kedge · bower · drogue · bollard · cleat
Underlying support structure
- footingSecure ground position
- bedrockSolid stone underground
- baseplateStructural bottom piece
- plinthArchitectural support block
underpinning · groundwork · substrate · bolt · bracket · fastener · rebar · concrete
Unfair inclination or prejudice
- heuristicPractical solving shortcut
- reference pointStandard for comparison
- baselineStandard for comparison
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
framing · priming · adjustment · estimation · judgment · decision-making · negotiation · pricing
Connecting to earth
- centeringPositioning at midpoint
- stabilityResistance to displacement
- securityProtection from threat
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
presence · rootedness · calmness · self-regulation · coping · reassurance · orientation · equilibrium
One who delivers content
- newsreaderBroadcast journalism presenter
- hostOne receiving guests
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
- studioCreative professional's workspace
teleprompter · desk · broadcast · reporting · live coverage · moderator
berth
Sleeping space on transport
buoy · hawser · rode · windlass · kedge · bower · drogue · bollard · cleat · chain
foundation
Underlying support structure
plinth · underpinning · groundwork · substrate · bolt · bracket · fastener · rebar · concrete · mortar
bias
Unfair inclination or prejudice
- heuristicPractical solving shortcut
- reference pointStandard for comparison
- baselineStandard for comparison
benchmark · framing · priming · adjustment · estimation · judgment · decision-making · negotiation · pricing · mental shortcut
grounding
Connecting to earth
mindfulness · presence · rootedness · calmness · self-regulation · coping · reassurance · orientation · equilibrium · steadiness
presenter
One who delivers content
- newsreaderBroadcast journalism presenter
- hostOne receiving guests
- correspondentJournalist covering distant events
studio · teleprompter · desk · broadcast · reporting · live coverage · moderator
- sailingsailboat, sailing, sails, sailboats, catamaran
- voyagesvoyage, sea voyage, cruise, passage, crossing
- maritime industriestankers, yacht charter, cargo transport, chartering, dredging
- maritime studiesseamanship, marine navigation, oceanography, hydrography, maritime safety
- piracysoftware piracy, pirates, torrents, book piracy, buccaneers
- docking termsdocking, tying up, securing, rafting
anchoringreleasing
Allowing to escape
detaching · unmooring · unfastening · casting off · untethering
anchoringadjusting
Altering to correct
updating · revising · recalibrating · debiasing · open-mindedness
- anchoring biasOverreliance on initial information
- anchoring effectJudgment skewed by initial information