Status-Quo and Omission Biases¶
Ritov, I., & Baron, J. (1992). Status-Quo and Omission Biases. Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 5(1), 49-61.
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Primes¶
- Action Bias
- And it is the mirror image of omission bias — the preference for inaction even when action has better expected value, typically because actions feel more culpable than omissions — with the two applying in different contexts and together forming a context-dependent pair of opposing pulls.
This sourceDocuments omission bias — the preference for inaction because actions feel more culpable than omissions — the mirror image of action bias, unconfounded from status-quo bias.
Supported in partVerified against the publisher's abstract
The abstract documents omission bias — stronger reaction to harm from action, and preference for inaction even when inaction means change — but says nothing about action bias or a mirror-image, context-dependent pairing.
“Subjects reacted more strongly to adverse outcomes caused by action, whether the status quo was maintained or not, and subjects preferred inaction over action even when inaction was associated with change.”
- And it is the mirror image of omission bias — the preference for inaction even when action has better expected value, typically because actions feel more culpable than omissions — with the two applying in different contexts and together forming a context-dependent pair of opposing pulls.
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