After the outcome is known, people often have distorted thinking about their original expectations due to
A) confirmation bias.
B) hindsight bias.
C) representativeness heuristic.
D) availability heuristic.
E) their prototypes.

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Hindsight bias is the tendency to overestimate one's ability to have predicted an outcome after learning about the outcome. This bias can lead people to distort their memories of their original expectations and believe that they had more accurate predictions than they actually did. Confirmation bias (A) is the tendency to seek out information that confirms one's preexisting beliefs. Representativeness heuristic (C) is the tendency to judge the likelihood of an event by how well it matches a particular prototype. Availability heuristic (D) is the tendency to judge the likelihood of an event based on how easily relevant examples come to mind. Prototypes (E) refer to idealized mental representations of concepts or categories.

After the Outcome Is Known, People Often Have Distorted Thinking