What is meant by the "knew it all along" phenomenon?
A)The tendency for individual effort to decrease as the group size increases
B)A movement to make the results of scientific studies freely accessible to everyone
C)A methodological crisis in which many past scientific studies do not replicate
D)The tendency, after an event has occurred, to overestimate one's ability to have foreseen the outcome

Question

What is meant by the "knew it all along" phenomenon?
A)The tendency for individual effort to decrease as the group size increases
B)A movement to make the results of  scientific studies freely accessible to everyone
C)A methodological crisis in which many past scientific studies do not replicate
D)The tendency, after an event has occurred, to overestimate one's ability to have foreseen the outcome

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The "knew it all along" phenomenon, also known as hindsight bias, refers to the tendency of people to believe, after an event has occurred, that they had the foresight to predict the outcome, even if they did not.

What Is Meant by the "Knew It All Along" Phenomenon