After the Horror of 9/11, Many People Said the CIA

question 254

Multiple Choice

After the horror of 9/11, many people said the CIA and FBI should obviously have foreseen the likelihood of this form of terrorism. This perception most clearly illustrates

• A) replication.
• B) hindsight bias.
• C) random sampling.
• D) the placebo effect.

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