The Tendency to View Outcomes as Inevitable and Predictable After

question 29

Multiple Choice

The tendency to view outcomes as inevitable and predictable after we already know the outcome is known as ________.

• A) hindsight bias
• B) framing
• C) counterfactual thinking
• D) the confirmation bias

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Definitions:

Concrete

Pertaining to actual objects or specific, tangible details rather than abstractions; often used in developmental psychology to describe a stage where children think literally about physical objects and experiences.

Epistemic Cognition

The ways in which an individual understands how they arrived at ideas, beliefs, and conclusions.

Metacognition

The awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes, including the ability to monitor, regulate, and adapt these processes for better learning.

Relativistic Thinking

A type of thinking that recognizes the validity of multiple perspectives and that knowledge is contextual rather than absolute.