Familiarity with an ongoing situation without any idea of where you experienced it before contributes to
A) automatic processing.
B) imagination inflation.
C) repression.
D) déjà vu.

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Déjà vu is the feeling of familiarity with an ongoing situation without any idea of where you experienced it before. Option A, automatic processing, refers to the ability to perform tasks without conscious awareness. Option B, imagination inflation, occurs when imagining an event leads to an increased belief that it actually occurred. Option C, repression, is a defense mechanism in which unpleasant memories are pushed out of conscious awareness.

Familiarity with an Ongoing Situation Without Any Idea of Where