According to Emily's grandfather,Adolf Hitler's obvious emotional instability made it clear from the beginning of his international conflicts that Germany would inevitably lose World War II.The grandfather's claim best illustrates
A) hindsight bias.
B) the placebo effect.
C) naturalistic observation.
D) random sequencing.

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This statement reflects hindsight bias because it suggests that it was obvious from the beginning of the conflicts that Germany would lose the war, despite many factors - such as Hitler's initial successes and the strength of the German military - that could have made the outcome uncertain at the time. Hindsight bias is the tendency to overestimate one's ability to have predicted an outcome after the fact.

According to Emily's Grandfather,Adolf Hitler's Obvious Emotional Instability Made It