The Term Schemas Refers To

question 389

Multiple Choice

The term schemas refers to:

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

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