According to the hindsight bias you would predict which of the following results?
a. People would be more likely to blame a prisoner than a guard for a prison uprising.
b. If after a race were over, people were asked how confident they were that a particular horse would win, they would remember being more confident if he did win than if he did not.
c. We tend to behave the way that people expect us to.
d. We are more likely to make situational judgments when explaining our future behavior and make dispositional explanations when explaining our past behavior.
Ans: b. If after a race were over, people were asked how confident they were that a particular horse would win, they would remember being more confident if he did win than if he did not.
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a. .05 b. .95 c. .05/2 d. undefined