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

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The tendency to overestimate one's ability to have predicted the outcome after an event has occurred is known as the hindsight bias. This bias can lead to the belief that a particular occurrence was more predictable than it was in reality. Option A (self-serving bias) refers to the tendency to credit oneself for successes while blaming external factors for failures. Option B (self-effacing bias) is the opposite of the self-serving bias; individuals with this bias tend to attribute their successes to external factors while blaming themselves for failures. Option D (fundamental attribution error) is the tendency to attribute others' behavior to internal characteristics (e.g., personality) rather than situational factors.

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