Decoy Effect pattern illustration

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Decoy Effect

Adding an inferior option makes target option more attractive

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Slide
Source
Huber, Payne & Puto (1982); Growth.Design Psychology
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Definition What is it?

Adding an inferior option makes target option more attractive

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  • when_to_use
  • why_it_works
  • signals
  • antipattern
  • body_doc_id
  • corpus_examples

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