When you meet your new roommate for the first time, he is wearing glasses, listening to classical music, and reading a copy of the New Yorker Review of Books.You think, "Well, maybe rooming with an intellectual this year will be good for me." You instantly categorized your roommate as an intellectual on the basis of your

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Schemas are cognitive structures that help us organize and interpret information. In this case, you used your schema of what an "intellectual" is to categorize your roommate based on his appearance and activities.

When You Meet Your New Roommate for the First Time