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Unit 5 – Cognitive Psychology
Topic 5.8
What does hindsight bias refer to?
The act of justifying unsuccessful decisions by asserting they were the best choices at the time given what was known then.
The habit of overstating one's ability or knowledge after an event has occurred.
The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it.
A pattern of blaming others for negative outcomes while crediting oneself with positive ones.
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