Hypnosis experiments demonstrate retroactive rationalization, as subjects who opened umbrellas under hypnosis would claim 'it was raining' when asked why they held umbrellas indoors after being dehypnotized

Hypnosis experiments demonstrate retroactive rationalization, as subjects who opened umbrellas under hypnosis would claim 'it was raining' when asked why they held umbrellas indoors after being dehypnotized. This reveals that most of our stated reasons for behavior are post-hoc justifications rather than actual causes.