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Hindsight Biases

JoVE Core
Social Psychology
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JoVE Core Social Psychology
Hindsight Biases

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01:12 min

February 12, 2020

Hindsight bias leads you to believe that the event you just experienced was predictable, even though it really wasn’t. In other words, you knew all along that things would turn out the way they did. Can you relate this to the phrase "Hindsight is 20/20" now? 

 

This text is adapted from OpenStax, Psychology. OpenStax CNX.