Jennifer was walking along the street when she saw a man run out of a convenience store clutching on to a bag.The owner of the store runs out and shouts for the man to stop and come back.Jennifer immediately assumes that there has been a robbery,not that the man was in a hurry and forgot his change.How did she fill in this gap in her knowledge of the situation?

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Jennifer relied on schema, which refers to prior knowledge and experiences that help individuals fill in the gaps in their understanding of a situation. Her prior knowledge and experience of convenience store robberies led her to assume that the man was indeed a robber. The other choices (A, B, and C) do not accurately describe the cognitive process that Jennifer used to fill in the gap in her knowledge of the situation.

Jennifer Was Walking Along the Street When She Saw a Man