Question

After the events of 9/11, a friend suggests to you that the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) should have foreseen the likelihood of this act of terrorism. According to your friend, all the clues were there. This perception MOST clearly illustrates:a) hindsight bias.b) critical thinking.c) dual processing.d) overconfidence.

Answer 1

A. Hindsight bias- also known as the knew-it-all-along phenomenon or creeping determinism, refers to the common tendency for people to perceive events that have already occurred as having been more predictable than they actually were before the events took place.