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Hindsight bias is a phenomenon that occurs when outcome knowledge interferes with the ability to accurately recall judgments made in a previous, naive state. Also known as the “knew it all along” bias, we aimed to diminish the bias by having individuals take the perspective of a naive other, as a way of encouraging acceptance that they had, in fact, not known it all along. Adult participants were given blurry-to-clear images incrementally until they were able to identify the object and were then re-presented with the same sequence of images and asked to make a judgment about when they had identified the item correctly the first time. They were also asked to judge when they thought a naive peer (Experiments 1 and 2), or a naive child (Experiment 2) could identify the objects. Results showed a robust hindsight bias in all perspectives, and sporadic success at eliminating the bias. When taking the perspective of a naive peer, there were failures and successes; when taking the perspective of a naive child, there was an ultra-debiasing, or a reverse hindsight bias. However, did the manipulation backfire? We conclude that while the manipulation of thinking like a naive child may have eliminated the bias, participants seemed to use an “adults know best” rule rather than accepting past naivete for themselves. |
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