Hindsight Bias Research Paper
Hindsight bias is the feeling of as “you knew it would happen”, also known as the creeping determinism. I am going to share an example of hindsight bias that relates to my own life. I knew that my ex-husband would start using drugs or alcohol again, even though he said he would never use again after being sober three years. My gut feeling told me that his superoptimisim would get the best of him, and I knew it would happen. The confirmation bias, or verification bias is a tendency of people to favor information that confirms their beliefs or hypothesis. An example of confirmation bias would be, the belief that all Jewish people are cheap and tight with thier