CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER Ⅱ LITERATURE REVIEW 9
WHAT:Judgment Tasks of Anchoring That Have Been Examined 13
HOW:Psychological Mechanisms and Stages of Anchoring 17
WHY:Reasons That Anchoring Occurs 21
WHERE:Ⅰ.Applied Areas of Anchoring Effects 25
WHERE:Ⅱ.Application in Comparative Nutrition Claims 30
WHEN:Conditions for Anchoring to Occur 34
WHO:People Affected by Anchoring and Adjustment 44
CHAPTER Ⅲ METHODOLOGY 51
Products&Packaging Designs 51
Treatment Manipulations 56
Product Attribute:Fat 60
Participants and Procedure 61
Measurement 62
CHAPTER Ⅳ RESULTS 68
Manipulation Check 68
Study Participants 70
Scale Reliability and Validity 71
Hypotheses Testing and Research Questions 72
CHAPTER Ⅴ DISCUSSION 94
Summary of Results 95
Theoretical Implications and Practical Applications 100
Limitations and Future Research 115
Conclusions 118
REFERENCES 121
APPENDIX A 142
APPENDIX B 143