Loose-leaf Version for Psychology in Modules
Loose-leaf Version for Psychology in Modules
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ISBN: 9781464173578
Author: David G. Myers, C. Nathan DeWall
Publisher: Worth Publishers
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Concept introduction: Hindsight bias is the tendency of the individual (known as the I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon) to believe that the outcome was foreseen after the outcome is known.

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Correct answer: Hindsight bias “refers to our tendency to perceive events as obvious or inevitable after the fact.”

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Hindsight bias is seen in young and old. Hindsight bias is where the individual perceives that the outcome was already known after knowing the outcome. Hindsight bias often leads to unwanted judgments and leads to overconfidence.

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