A woman's schema about Italians is that they are very emotional and irrational. She travels to Rome and meets many pleasant, calm, and rational locals. When she returns, it is likely that her memory of the Italians' general behavior will be:

A. consistent with the type of people she met in Rome
B. distorted to be consistent with her schema
C. changed to include more negative judgments
D. unchanged, but she will be more emotional and irrational


Answer: B

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