Hindsight Bias Is the Tendency to

question 124

Multiple Choice

Hindsight bias is the tendency to

• A) overestimate how likely some event had seemed, after we know it already happened.
• B) dislike the people who dislike us.
• C) alter our perceptions and memories to match those of the other people we know.
• D) remember pleasant events and forget unpleasant ones.

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