The tendency, after an event has occurred, to overestimate one's ability to have foreseen or predicted the outcome is called the:

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The described tendency is known as the hindsight bias, where individuals believe they could have predicted or known the outcome of an event after it has occurred. The self-serving bias refers to the tendency to attribute one's successes to internal factors and failures to external factors. The self-effacing bias is the opposite, where individuals attribute their successes to external factors and their failures to internal factors. The fundamental attribution error is the tendency to overemphasize dispositional (internal) explanations for another's behavior while underestimating situational (external) factors.

The Tendency, After an Event Has Occurred, to Overestimate One's