Sharon observes her co-worker Robert being rude to a newcomer. She has seen this behavior in Robert whenever the company hires new people. She decides that Robert is being a bully and asks him to stop. Which of the following stages of information processing has Sharon just undergone?
A)Selective attention/comprehension
B)Encoding and simplification
C)Storage and retention
D)Retrieval and response
E)Implicit cognition

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People retrieve information from memory when they make judgments and decisions. Our ultimate judgments and decisions are either based on the process of drawing on, interpreting, and integrating categorical information stored in long-term memory or on retrieving a summary judgment that was already made. Sharon has retrieved the information regarding Robert's behavior from her memory and then made the judgment to ask him to stop this behavior. This means she is in the retrieval and response stage of information processing.

Sharon Observes Her Co-Worker Robert Being Rude to a Newcomer