Additive bias

{{Short description|The tendency of solving problems from a non variant or expected way}}

Additive bias is the tendency that prompts solving problems from a wrong or non expected way.

It is a cognitive urge/ tendency of human beings facing problem that they add resources instead of taking or subtracting. According to Keith Holyoak, "Humans seeks to strengthen an argument or a manager seeks to encourage desired behaviour, thus requires a mental search for possible changes.{{cite book| last= Holyoak| first= K. J.|author-link= Keith Holyoak|title= Advances in the Psychology of Human Intelligence| volume= 2|editor= Sternberg, R. J.| editor-link= Robert Sternberg| pages= 199–230| publisher= Erlbaum|chapter= | date= 1984}}

Leidy Klotz conducted a series of laboratory experiments, demonstrating how, when faced with a problem, subjects were more likely to add elements rather than subtract, even where subtraction would have led to a better solution.{{Cite book |last=Klotz |first=Leidy |title=Subtract: the untapped science of less |date=2021 |publisher=Flatiron Books |isbn=978-1-250-24986-9 |edition=First |location=New York}}