As Alicia awaits the birth of her first grandchild, she says she doesn't care if it is a boy or a girl as long as the baby is healthy. When she holds her new granddaughter for the first time, Alicia reveals that she knew all along that her daughter would have a little girl. Alicia's barrier to rational reasoning in this instance is a case of:
a. hindsight bias
b. confirmation bias
c. a mental set
d. justification of effort

Alicia's barrier to rational reasoning in this instance of hindsightbias(a)

Explanation:

The Hindsight bias is also referred to as knew-it-all-along phenomenon or creeping determinism.

Hindsight bias refers to the mental ability or the psychological ability of people or a person to predict or overestimate an outcome that could not be predicted otherwise

Like in the above question Alicia is overconfident about her opinion about having a granddaughter( she is predicting an outcome)

the correct answer is option c. elenita versus "early puerto rican decor" is the best example, out of all the options, of a cultural conflict. a cultural conflict is defined as what happens when different cultures, that have different values and believes, clash. elenita not liking or accepting the puerto rican style of decoration, would represent that she does not identify herself with the puerto rican culture, therefore does not want to have decorations influenced by that culture.