When Robin meets her friend's new roommate, she sees that she has easels and paints strewn about, and has decorated her side of the room with lots of hand-made ceramic pots and paintings. At first, Robin is most likely
a. to use her "artistic" person schema and assume that her friend's roommate is free-thinking and creative.
b. not to make any assumptions about her friend's roommate's preferences and tastes.
c. to use her "artistic" person schema and focus on her friend's roommate's deviations from the schema, such as the fact that she is majoring in business.
d. to change her "artistic" person schema when she discovers that her friend's roommate is a business major.
Answer: A
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