People who have severe brain damage sometimes approach objects in the world as if they are seeing them for the first time. That is, instead of seeing a "chair," for example, these people see "a wooden object with four legs." Similarly, instead of seeing two dogs, such people might see "a small black animal with fur and a large brown object with its tongue hanging out." One might conclude that people with this kind of brain damage ____.
A)do not have schemas
B)have inaccurate schemas
C)do not use heuristics
D)have inaccurate heuristics

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People with this kind of brain damage do not use schemas, which are mental structures that help individuals organize and interpret information. Schemas allow people to see objects not just as their physical attributes but as known concepts (e.g., recognizing a wooden object with four legs as a "chair"). When someone approaches objects as if seeing them for the first time, it suggests they are not applying these pre-existing mental frameworks to interpret their observations.

People Who Have Severe Brain Damage Sometimes Approach Objects in the World