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What are the specific qualities of schemas that make them useful for organizing our experiences and information in the social world?

Correct answer: E. All of the above

  • A. Schemas preserve cognitive resources
  • B. Schemas facilitate recall of information
  • C. Schemas are based on exopectations and prior experience
  • D. Schemas can cue emotions
  • E. All of the above

Explanation

Schemas organize social information efficiently, guide expectations from prior experience, improve memory for schema-consistent material, and can influence emotional responses. Because all listed qualities help schemas organize experience, option e is correct.

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