Match the type of non-scientific bias to its corresponding description:

Question

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Hindsight bias

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Fundamental attribution error

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Confirmation bias

A.
The tendency to over-emphasize personality-based explanations for behaviours observed in others, while under-emphasizing the role and power of situational influences on the same behaviour.

B.
The tendency to search for or interpret information in such a way that one’s preconceptions appear to be validated.

C.
The inclination to see past events as being predictable.

Answer 1

Here are the matches for the types of non-scientific bias to their corresponding descriptions:

• Hindsight bias: C. The inclination to see past events as being predictable.

• Fundamental attribution error: A. The tendency to over-emphasize personality-based explanations for behaviours observed in others, while under-emphasizing the role and power of situational influences on the same behaviour.

• Confirmation bias: B. The tendency to search for or interpret information in such a way that one’s preconceptions appear to be validated.