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Max just found out that the prom king and queen from his high school are splitting up. he thinks back to the last time he saw them together and has the feeling that he could have predicted their divorce. which of these is the most likely cause for this feeling?

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I believe the answer is: hindsight bias

Hindisight bias refers to mindset that make a person beleive that a certain event is predictable even if they have no objective measurement to make the prediction. Hindisight bias generally created by either memory distortion or self fulfilling prophecies.

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