A friend of yours is telling you about the results of a multimillion-dollar government-funded study she heard about on the news last night. She complains that she could have predicted the results of the study before it was done and that here is yet another instance of the government wasting the taxpayers' hard-earned money. Which of the following issues would have the most relevance to the potential accuracy of your friend's complaints? It is the ______________________.
A)limitations of hindsight explanations
B)problem of demand characteristics
C)limitations of correlational research
D)problem of experimenter expectancy effects

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The relevance of the limitations of hindsight explanations is most pertinent here because it addresses the tendency to believe one could have predicted the outcome of an event after it has already happened, which is what the friend is claiming. This phenomenon can lead to the mistaken belief that the results of a study were obvious and thus the study was unnecessary, without considering the value of empirical evidence to confirm or refute assumptions.

A Friend of Yours Is Telling You About the Results