A DEMONSTRATION OF HINDSIGHT BIAS USING THE THOMAS CONFIRMATION VOTE

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DIETRICH, D
OLSON, M
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10.2466/pr0.1993.72.2.377
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
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The Clarence Thomas confirmation vote provided an opportunity to demonstrate hindsight bias in a repeated-measures design using an ongoing political event. The 57 subjects displayed statistically significant memory distortions in recalling a higher number of confirming senatorial votes when asked one month after the vote to recall the estimate they had provided the day before the vote.
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