You find out that Margaret,a woman who was a close friend of yours in grade school,has just come out as a lesbian.When chatting with a friend about this news,you can both recall things Margaret did as a girl that indicated her emerging lesbianism.This might be an example of

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Hindsight bias refers to the tendency to believe that the occurrence of an event was predictable after learning about it, even though there may have been no actual evidence to suggest that it was likely to happen. In this case, the fact that the speaker and their friend are able to recall past behaviors that they now interpret as indicating Margaret's sexual orientation suggests that they are imposing their current knowledge of her sexual orientation onto past events in order to make them seem more predictable in hindsight.

You Find Out That Margaret,a Woman Who Was a Close