As Alicia awaits the birth of her first grandchild, she says she doesn't care if it is a boy or a girl as long as the baby is healthy. When she holds her new granddaughter for the first time, Alicia reveals that she knew all along that her daughter would have a little girl. Alicia's barrier to rational reasoning in this instance is a case of:

a. hindsight bias

b. confirmation bias

c. a mental set

d. justification of effort

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Zane

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21 July, 02:25

As Alicia awaits the birth of her first grandchild, she says she doesn't care if it is a boy or a girl as long as the baby is healthy. When she holds her new granddaughter for the first time, Alicia reveals that she knew all along that her daughter would have a little girl. Alicia's barrier to rational reasoning in this instance is a case of:

a. hindsight bias

b. confirmation bias

c. a mental set

d. justification of effort

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Randall Curry · Answer 1

Alicia's barrier to rational reasoning in this instance of hindsightbias (a)

Explanation:

The Hindsight bias is also referred to as knew-it-all-along phenomenon or creeping determinism.

Hindsight bias refers to the mental ability or the psychological ability of people or a person to predict or overestimate an outcome that could not be predicted otherwise

Like in the above question Alicia is overconfident about her opinion about having a granddaughter (she is predicting an outcome)