A subconscious approach that draws on previous experience to make sense of what we are encountering is defined as _______.

a. situational attribution
b. conscious processing
c. social perception
d. automatic processing


d. automatic processing
A subconscious approach that draws on previous experience to make sense of what we are encountering is defined as automatic processing. We use heuristics, which are short-cut rules of thumb for understanding how to perceive something based on past experience with similar stimuli.

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