Wendy sees a picture of a beach and then later tries to draw the picture from memory. She draws shells on the beach even though the beach in the picture had no shells. Using psychologists' concept of schema, how could we explain Wendy's error?
A) Wendy has a schema for shells but does not have one for beaches.
B) Wendy has a schema for beaches but does not have one for shells.
C) Wendy's schemas of beaches and shells are interfering with each other.
D) Wendy's schema of a typical beach includes shells.
D
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