Additive bias is the tendency that prompts solving problems from a wrong or non expected way. Anthony Sanni said, "It can be examplified by a person who works a project through addition even when subtraction is a better approach."[1]
It is a cognitive urge/ tendency of human beings facing problem that they add resources instead of taking or subtracting. According to Keith Holyoak, "Humans seeks to strengthen an argument or a manager seeks to encourage desired behaviour, thus requires a mental search for possible changes.[2]
Leidy Klotz conducted a series of laboratory experiments, demonstrating how, when faced with a problem, subjects were more likely to add elements rather than subtract, even where subtraction would have led to a better solution.[3]
See also
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References
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edit- ^ Anthony Sanni. "Additive Bias and how it could be affecting your productivity". Productivity Personal Development. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ Holyoak, K. J. (1984). Sternberg, R. J. (ed.). Advances in the Psychology of Human Intelligence. Vol. 2. Erlbaum. pp. 199–230.
- ^ Klotz, Leidy (2021). Subtract: the untapped science of less (First ed.). New York: Flatiron Books. ISBN 978-1-250-24986-9.
Further reading
edit- Hales, A.H.; Converse, B.A.; Adams, G.S. (2021). "People systematically overlook subtractive changes". Nature. 592 (7853): 258–261. Bibcode:2021Natur.592..258A. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03380-y. PMID 33828317. S2CID 233185662.