Question

When asked who you think will win the next presidential election, you reply that you do not know. However, after the election results are reported, you claim that it was obvious all along. This is an example of the : A. retrospective bias B. information bias C. prediction bias D. hindsight bias

Answer 1

The correct answer is option D. "hindsight bias".

Step-by-step explanation:

In psychology, the term hindsight bias is defined as a tendency of people of believing that an event that already happened were more predictable than they actually were before it happened. This type of bias is also known as the knew-it-all-along phenomenon or the creeping determinism. The scenario described in the question applies to this term, particularly when it was claim that the election results were obvious all along.