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Christy Bartlett
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Several weeks after a political election,voters often exaggerate their ability to have predicted the election outcome.This best illustrates

A) the placebo effect.
B) random assignment.
C) wording effects.
D) hindsight bias.

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have predicted it beforehand, often referred to as the "I-knew-it-all-along" phenomenon.

Political Election

A formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold public office.

Predicted Outcome

An anticipated result or consequence based on certain conditions or variables.

  • Discern and explain psychological principles such as bias in hindsight, effect of placebo, and overestimation of one's abilities.
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