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Decoy Effect

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A psychological phenomenon in which customers tend to choose two options, when presented with a third choice that is “asymmetrically dominated,” or, simply stated, not as good as the other options.

When the asymmetrically dominated option is shown, it acts as a “decoy,” pushing customers to choose the between the better two options.

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