Hindsight bias
Hindsight bias occurs when people feel that they “knew it all along,” that is, when they
believe that an event is more predictable after it becomes known than it was before it …
believe that an event is more predictable after it becomes known than it was before it …
Hindsight bias: A primer for motivational researchers
MV Pezzo - Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Thirty‐five years since the publication of Fischhoff's (1975) seminal article, we continue to be
fascinated by the hindsight bias. Like a well‐developed character in a novel, the bias has …
fascinated by the hindsight bias. Like a well‐developed character in a novel, the bias has …
When being wise after the event results in injustice: Evidence for hindsight bias in judges' negligence assessments.
A Oeberst, I Goeckenjan - Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Research on hindsight bias has demonstrated that people perceive and evaluate events
differently once they know about their outcome. One facet of hindsight bias is that people …
differently once they know about their outcome. One facet of hindsight bias is that people …
Hindsight≠ hindsight: experimentally induced dissociations between hindsight components.
Hindsight bias has recently been conceived of not as a unitary phenomenon but as a
conglomerate of 3 separate phenomenological manifestations (“hindsight components”; …
conglomerate of 3 separate phenomenological manifestations (“hindsight components”; …
Making sense of failure: A motivated model of hindsight bias
MV Pezzo, SP Pezzo - Social cognition, 2007 - Guilford Press
Can we learn from our mistakes? Does the large body of research demonstrating hindsight
bias indicate that people are not likely to take responsibility for their errors and thus deprive …
bias indicate that people are not likely to take responsibility for their errors and thus deprive …
The winner knew it all? Conspiracy beliefs and hindsight perspective after the 2016 US general election
The political campaigns preceding the 2016 US Presidential Election received worldwide
media attention that many people followed with great interest. Before the election, there …
media attention that many people followed with great interest. Before the election, there …
Other-serving bias in advice-taking: When advisors receive more credit than blame
We examine attributions of responsibility in advice-taking. In contrast to the well-documented
self-serving bias, we find the opposite phenomenon, whereby decision-makers view an …
self-serving bias, we find the opposite phenomenon, whereby decision-makers view an …
Older and younger adults' hindsight bias after positive and negative outcomes
J Groß, UJ Bayen - Memory & Cognition, 2022 - Springer
After learning about facts or outcomes of events, people overestimate in hindsight what they
knew in foresight. Prior research has shown that this hindsight bias is more pronounced in …
knew in foresight. Prior research has shown that this hindsight bias is more pronounced in …
Hindsight bias in depression
People tend to be biased by outcome knowledge when looking back on events. This
phenomenon is known as hindsight bias. Clinical intuition and theoretical accounts of affect …
phenomenon is known as hindsight bias. Clinical intuition and theoretical accounts of affect …