Michelle has worked on a psychiatric unit for three years.On the way home from work one day,she encounters a man who gestures wildly and talks to himself while he stands at the bus stop.Michelle thinks to herself,"That poor guy must be psychotic.He should be on medication." This example illustrates that ________ can increase the accessibility of traits.

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Michelle's past experience working on a psychiatric unit makes her more likely to identify and label behaviors as psychotic, increasing the accessibility of such traits in her perception.

Michelle Has Worked on a Psychiatric Unit for Three Years