Hindsight bias worksheet
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HappierTherapy
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The Happier Therapy editorial team is made up of Masters and PhD counselling psychologists. Each worksheet is created by a team member with exposure to and experience in the subject matter. The worksheet then gets reviewed by a more senior editorial member. This is someone with extensive knowledge of the subject matter and highly cited published material.
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What is the theory behind this Hindsight bias worksheet?
Hindsight bias is the tendency to view events as more predictable than they actually are. No one knows what the future holds, but people tend to overestimate their prediction skills on the events that have already occurred. This cognitive bias can be a cause of mental distress if the person had not made preparation for the event that happened. The person would likely feel guilt and blame themselves for the situation that they had already predicted will happen.
How will the worksheet help?
Since hindsight bias refrains you to look at the broader picture of the event. Rumination is likely to occur. This worksheet will help you to take a step back and judge the situation through the lens of objectivity.
How to use this worksheet?
Answer the questions on the space given below. These questions tend to challenge the guilt that occurs from hindsight bias. practice them when the hindsight bias occurs. Keep the worksheet as a day-to-day reminder.
