Question

Professor Smith told one class that drinking alcohol has been found to increase sexual desire. He informed another class that drinking alcohol has been found to reduce sexual appetite. The fact that neither class was surprised by the information they received best illustrates the power of:_______

A. Replication.
B. Hindsight bias.
C. The double-blind procedure.
D. The placebo effect.

Answer 1

The answer is B. Hindsight bias.

Step-by-step explanation:

This phenomenon occurs when a person views an event as predictable only after it has already happened. For this reason, this tendency is also referred to as "knew-it-all-along bias". It often results in overestimations about our ability to predict future outcomes.