anchoring
verb
Definitions
To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
Example: Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream.
To stop; to fix or rest.
To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
noun
Definitions
The act or means by which something is anchored or made firm.
The tendency of people to place subsequently refined answers to a given question close to the initially estimated answer, giving unduly weight to the initial answer, such as adjusting the initial estimate of "20%" to "30%" when "90%" would be more appropriate.