When you meet your new roommate for the first time, he is wearing glasses, listening to classical music, and reading a copy of the New Yorker Review of Books. You think, "Well, maybe rooming with an intellectual this year will be good for me." You instantly categorized your roommate as an intellectual on the basis of your (A) schemas. (B) memories. (C) intuitions. (D) heuristics.

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Emerson Bridges

18 December, 16:06

When you meet your new roommate for the first time, he is wearing glasses, listening to classical music, and reading a copy of the New Yorker Review of Books. You think, "Well, maybe rooming with an intellectual this year will be good for me." You instantly categorized your roommate as an intellectual on the basis of your (A) schemas. (B) memories. (C) intuitions. (D) heuristics.

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Giovani Underwood · Answer 1

A - Schemas

Explanation:

Schemas are used to categorize information and draw conclusions, based on patterns and the relationships between them. In this case, you see your new roommate looking and behaving the way we believe an intellectual person would and you automatically assume that he/she is intellectual.