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ERIC Number: EJ551323
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0098-6283
Hindsight Bias and the Simpson Trial: Use in Introductory Psychology.
Demakis, George J.
Teaching of Psychology, v24 n3 p190-91 1997
Identifies hindsight bias as the tendency to exaggerate one's ability to have foreseen the outcome of an event after learning the outcome. Describes a class project where students predicted the verdict of the O. J. Simpson trial one week before the verdict and hypothesized a jury response a month later. (MJP)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Bias, Class Activities, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Current Events, Expectation, Introductory Courses, Juries, Learning Activities, Prediction, Psychology, Recall (Psychology), Reliability, Self Efficacy, Social Behavior, Undergraduate Study
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Simpson (OJ) Murder Trial