What are schemas, and why are they often adaptive? What will ...

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What are schemas, and why are they often adaptive?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

When Ashley first starts typing, she uses the hunt and peck method and finds typing very effortful. Now, after taking a typing class, she feels like her papers practically type themselves once she figures out what she wants to say.
 
  This change in her typing reflects a shift from
   a. automatic to controlled thinking.
   b. controlled to automatic thinking.
   c. emotional to cognitive thinking.
   d. cognitive to emotional thinking.

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: Schemas are cognitive structures that we use to organize our knowledge of the social world. Schemas are adaptive in providing continuity and in helping us relate new experiences to old experiences. They enable us to minimize cognitive effort. They are especially useful when we encounter ambiguous information, for they give us a cognitive structure with which to interpret the confusing information.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B

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