According to the perspective presented in Chapter 3 (Social Cognition), a person who grew up in a home with an alcoholic parent who sees a man acting in a somewhat strange manner may be ________ likely to interpret this behavior as due to alcohol because of ________.

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According to the schema theory, people have pre-existing mental frameworks (schemas) that help them interpret new information. In this case, growing up with an alcoholic parent would make the alcoholic schema more accessible to the person, potentially leading them to interpret the man's behavior as a result of alcohol.

According to the Perspective Presented in Chapter 3 (Social Cognition)