The Tendency to Overestimate One's Ability to Have Predicted an Event

question 86

Multiple Choice

The tendency to overestimate one's ability to have predicted an event once the outcome is known is called

• A)a mental set.
• B)hindsight bias.
• C)confirmation bias.
• D)fairness bias.

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