Counterfactual thinking refers to the tendency to view outcomes as inevitable and predictable after we know the outcome, and to believe that we could have predicted what happened.

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Counterfactual thinking refers to the idea that we often think about what could have happened if things had gone differently in the past. It does not necessarily involve thinking that outcomes were inevitable or predictable.

Counterfactual Thinking Refers to the Tendency to View Outcomes as Inevitable