Sara's laptop started causing her problems.It was taking a long time to boot up,and froze unexpectedly a number of times.Now the laptop has shut down completely and she cannot get it started up again.One of the group members on her project said to Sara,"You should have gone for help when it started acting up,now you've affected all of us." This scenario is an example of what type of decision-making trap?
A)framing bias
B)anchoring
C)overconfidence bias
D)hindsight bias

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The scenario is an example of hindsight bias, which occurs when someone believes, after an event has occurred, that they knew the outcome was going to happen all along. The group member's comment to Sara implies that the outcome (the laptop failing completely) was predictable and that she should have taken action earlier, which is a classic example of hindsight bias.

Sara's Laptop Started Causing Her Problems