Hindsight is not equal to foresight: The effect of outcome knowledge on judgment under uncertainty

Fischhoff (1975) · Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance · Read the paper

Fischhoff, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 1(3), 1975, 288-299. Participants rated the likelihood of possible outcomes of described events; those told the true outcome judged it more probable than those not told, and asking them to disregard it did not remove the effect.

Fischhoff, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 1(3), 1975, 288-299. Participants rated the likelihood of possible outcomes of described events; those told the true outcome judged it more probable than those not told, and asking them to disregard it did not remove the effect.

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Fischhoff, B. (1975). Hindsight is not equal to foresight: The effect of outcome knowledge on judgment under uncertainty. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1(3), 288-299. doi:10.1037/0096-1523.1.3.288 https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.1.3.288