In a jury selection process, the judge expressed concern about having one of the former US presidents serving as a jury member for the case. The judge's argument was that other jury members' decision might be significantly influenced by the former president's opinion because of his political position and not necessarily his reasoning about the case.

The judge's argument is based on which of the following decision$-$making flaws?

loss aversion

planning fallacy

heuristic

halo effect

confirmation bias

groupthink

sunk$-$cost fallacy

anchoring