"He never should have ridden his bike on the wet road. Clearly, his accident could have been prevented." This statement is an example of what type of faulty thinking?

A. hindsight bias
B. confirmation bias
C. negativity bias
D. representativeness heuristic


Answer: A

Psychology

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