You believe that a test is going to turn out badly, but then you get an A on that test. If you then tell friends that you knew all along that you would do well on the test, you are showing

a. hindsight bias.
b. the anchoring bias.
c. student bias.
d. the availability bias.
e. convergent thinking.


a. hindsight bias.

Psychology

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