The tendency for people to perceive past events as having been more predictable than they actually were before the events took place is called:
AConfirmation Bias
BRepresentativeness Heuristic
CHindsight Bias ('I-knew-it-all-along' effect)
DAnchoring Bias
Explanation
Hindsight bias occurs when individuals convince themselves after an event that they had accurately predicted the outcome.
Exam Relevance
- Topic: Cognitive Psychology
- Subtopic: Cognitive Biases
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