Greg always drinks iced tea with lemon,and he always puts one packet of Splenda in it.One late night at Denny's,he orders another type of "brown beverage"-a Diet Coke.The server delivers it,complete with a lemon wedge.Greg grabs a packet of Splenda and dumps it in the Diet Coke.This action slip would be classified as a

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This action slip is a capture error, which occurs when a more frequent or familiar behavior (putting Splenda in iced tea) takes over a less familiar one (drinking Diet Coke without Splenda), even though the original intention was different. Greg's routine of adding Splenda to his iced tea "captured" his action, leading him to automatically add it to his Diet Coke.

Greg Always Drinks Iced Tea with Lemon,and He Always Puts