The Term Cognitive Schemas Refers to The

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Multiple Choice

The term cognitive schemas refers to the:

• A)automatic, nonconscious mental processes that influence perceptions, judgments, decisions, and reasoning.
• B)tendency to overestimate one's ability to have foreseen or predicted the outcome of an event.
• C)deliberate, conscious mental processes involved in perceptions, judgments, decisions, and reasoning.
• D)mental frameworks we hold about traits and behaviors associated with different types of people.

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