Ty Ling was worried that something bad would happen to her daughter if she went away to college.When her daughter called and told her that her computer had been stolen,Ty Ling said,"I knew something bad would happen if you left home for college." Ty Ling's comments illustrate
A) scapegoating.
B) the other-race effect.
C) the just-world phenomenon.
D) hindsight bias.

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Ty Ling's comments illustrate hindsight bias, which is the tendency to believe, after an event has occurred, that one would have foreseen or predicted the event. Saying "I knew something bad would happen" after her daughter's computer was stolen is a classic example of this bias, as it implies that the outcome was predictable or expected, even though it was not necessarily foreseeable.

Ty Ling Was Worried That Something Bad Would Happen to Her