When Cy meets his best friend's father, he admires his confidence and self-assuredness. Later, when Cy learns that his friend's father is a top attorney with a prominent law firm, he is not surprised. Which construct is Cy relying on when he readily accepts the father's profession as the most appropriate, given his first impression?

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Cy is relying on the "Role" construct, as he associates the father's confidence and self-assuredness with the characteristics typically expected of a top attorney, thus making sense of his profession based on the initial impression of his personality and demeanor.

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