Claire is looking for her car keys,which she appears to have misplaced when she returned home.She is easily able to retrace her steps and find her keys on the couch.She obtained the information she used to retrace her steps through
A) effortful processing.
B) automatic processing.
C) implicit processing.
D) explicit processing.

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Claire was able to find her keys through automatic processing, which refers to the effortless and unconscious encoding of information from our environment. She likely did not make a conscious effort to remember where she placed her keys, but her brain automatically encoded the information as she went about her routine.

Claire Is Looking for Her Car Keys,which She Appears to Have