Mesha reads a magazine article and finds out that a normal healthy adult should consume 25 grams of fiber a day. From the article, she also comes to know that fruits, vegetables, and whole grains are good sources of fiber. When Mesha visits a supermarket next, she purchases whole wheat bread instead of white bread and a greater quantity of fruits and vegetables than she did before reading the article. This change in Mesha's behavior is an example of _____.
A) learning
B) attention
C) perception
D) accommodation

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Mesha's change in behavior, i.e. purchasing whole wheat bread and more fruits and vegetables, is a result of learning from the magazine article. She has gained new information about the importance of fiber and altered her behavior accordingly, which is an example of learning. Attention and perception are pre-requisites for learning, but they are not the best choices for describing Mesha's behavior because they refer to cognitive processes that occur prior to learning. Accommodation refers to adjusting existing cognitive schemas based on new information, but it is not the best choice because it is typically associated with more profound changes in behavior or thinking.

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