Modeling the hindsight bias

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serval:BIB_F92761A7FBE8
Type
Actes de conférence (partie): contribution originale à la littérature scientifique, publiée à l'occasion de conférences scientifiques, dans un ouvrage de compte-rendu (proceedings), ou dans l'édition spéciale d'un journal reconnu (conference proceedings).
Collection
Publications
Titre
Modeling the hindsight bias
Titre de la conférence
The logic of cognitive systems : Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Cognitive Modeling
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Hoffrage U., Hertwig R., Fanselow C.
Editeur
Unveristät Bamberg
Adresse
Bamberg, Germany
ISBN
3-933463-15-7
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2003
Editeur⸱rice scientifique
Detje F., Dörner D., Schaub H.
Pages
259-260
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Once people know the outcome of an event, they tend to overestimate what could have been anticipated in foresight. Although typically considered to be a robust phenomenon, this hindsight bias is subject to moderating circumstances. In their meta-analysis, Christensen-Szalanski and Willham (1991) observed that the more experience people have with the task under consideration, the smaller the resulting hindsight bias is. In a series of simulations we investigated whether the recently proposed RAFT model (Hoffrage, Hertwig, & Gigerenzer, 2000) can account for this "expertise effect." Indeed, we observed that the more comprehensive people's knowledge is in foresight, the smaller their hindsight bias is (Hertwig, Fanselow, & Hoffrage, in press). In addition, we made two counterintuitive observations: First, the relation between foresight knowledge and hindsight bias appears to be independent of how knowledge is processed. Second, even if foresight knowledge is false, it can reduce hindsight bias. In conclusion, our investigations confirm the utility of developing and testing precise process models of hindsight bias.
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