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Professor mysore told one class that drinking alcohol increases sexual desire. He told another class that drinking alcohol reduces sexual desire. Neither class was surprised by the information they received because of the power of

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I believe the answer is: Hindisght bias

Hindsight bias refers to the Tendency to receive a new information as if its true even though we never actually objectively tested it. The occurence of hindsight bias would be increased if the information come from the figure that we acknowledge to have a certain level of authority (such as professors)

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