Question

While taking an exam in her philosophy class, Erynn was very disappointed to see two essay questions that emphasized the writings of Socrates because she had studied Plato instead. "I just knew I should have studied Socrates," she said to herself. This demonstrates __________. the availability heuristic the representativeness heuristic the confirmation bias the hindsight bias

Answer 1

Answer:

the hindsight bias              

Explanation:

In social psychology, the hindsight bias is determined as the proclivity of a person to 'overestimate' his or her capability of predicting a particular outcome that couldn't be possibly predicted. In-short, a person claim of knowing something or predicting something that is not actually possible. The hindsight bias is also referred to as 'creeping determinism' or 'knew-it-all-along phenomenon'.

As per the given question, the given statement demonstrates the hindsight bias.