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Every week during football season, Fred and his friends have fun following the local high school teams. Before the games, Fred never really talks too much about how the games will turn out. On Monday, however, it is a different scenario altogether. Fred is more than happy to share with his friends that the results of the games turned out exactly as he thought they would. Thus, it can be concluded that Fred is demonstrating:

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Answer:Thus, it can be concluded that Fred is demonstrating: Hindsight Bias.

Step-by-step explanation:

What Is Hindsight Bias?

Hindsight bias defines to how we actual take events as predictable more than they are in reality. Like trying to predict what is going to happen in a match or political voting but truth is we never really know until the event occurs and we hear the outcome.

Usually we hear people say "I knew it"meaning they already knew what was going to happen before it happened.

Fred is using hindsight bias to say to his friend he knew his team will do as he had imagined but the truth is he couldn't have known until it happened.

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