Lenesa 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 cognitive psychologists' concept of schema, how could we explain Lenesa's error?
a. Lenesa has a schema for shells but does not have one for beaches.
b. Lenesa has a schema for beaches but does not have one for shells.
c. Lenesa's schema for a typical beach includes shells.
d. Lenesa's schemas of beaches and shells are interfering with each other.
c
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