<p>This is called <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40622-018-0197-5" rel="nofollow noreferrer">extremeness aversion</a>:</p>
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<p>Extremeness aversion is the tendency of choice makers to avoid extreme
options and choose an intermediate option.</p>
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<p>This appears to be a well-replicated robust effect - see meta-analysis by <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcps.2015.05.005" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Neumann, Böckenholt, &amp; Sinha (2016)</a>.</p>

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Arnon Weinberg
<p>Is there a special name for the cognitive bias that causes a person choose a compromise solution even the extreme solutions are better or causes person prefer a middle value even the extreme values are more suitable?</p>

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conformism ....
Dan
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In case you don't just want a name within phenotypical cognitive bias, this could be *reduced* to *degeneracy* emphasized by contemporary selectionists such as Edelman, where the dominant computational instructionists' point-to-point wiring would suggest universally statistically most people would prefer an extreme/optimized value for any perceived specific problem without the actual biological variation and diversity.
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Is there a special name for rejection of extremes in the list of cognitive biases?
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# Is there a special name for rejection of extremes in the list of cognitive biases?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-10-26)

Is there a special name for the cognitive bias that causes a person choose a compromise solution even the extreme solutions are better or causes person prefer a middle value even the extreme values are more suitable?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: conformism ....  
> **username_2**: In case you don't just want a name within phenotypical cognitive bias, this could be *reduced* to *degeneracy* emphasized by contemporary selectionists such as Edelman, where the dominant computational instructionists' point-to-point wiring would suggest universally statistically most people would prefer an extreme/optimized value for any perceived specific problem without the actual biological variation and diversity.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2022-11-02. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

This is called [extremeness aversion](http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40622-018-0197-5):

> Extremeness aversion is the tendency of choice makers to avoid extreme
> options and choose an intermediate option.

This appears to be a well-replicated robust effect - see meta-analysis by [Neumann, Böckenholt, & Sinha (2016)](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcps.2015.05.005).


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