When Most Americans Walk into a Fast Food Restaurant Chain

question 91

Multiple Choice

When most Americans walk into a fast food restaurant chain, they know they should walk up to the counter to order, pay, and pick up their food, rather than sit down and wait to be served. This knowledge of how to act in such a situation is called __________.

• A) controlled thinking
• B) a stereotype
• C) a counterfactual thought
• D) a schema

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Definitions:

Cognitive Risks

Refers to the potential hazards or errors in judgment that can occur due to biases, heuristics, and other limitations inherent in human cognition.

Dominance

A situation in social, ecological, or other forms of hierarchies where one entity exercises control or influence over others.

Rational Psychological Process

The mental operations grounded in logic and reason, which are involved in making decisions or solving problems.

Appraisal

The act of assessing the value, quality, or nature of something, often for the purpose of making a decision.