1) As she moves quietly around the restaurant where she works as a waitress, Alicia finds herself humming in her head the phrase, "Just whistle while you work?" This is an example of a/an: a

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1) As she moves quietly around the restaurant where she works as a waitress, Alicia finds herself humming in her head the phrase, "Just whistle while you work?" This is an example of a/an:
a. Proposition
b. prototype
c. auditory image
d. cognitive schema

2. Chris must sit out the next two weeks of basketball games because of a problem with her hamstring muscle. Her eight grade coach tells her to use this off time imagining herself out on the court. He wants Chris to feel her body running down the court, to see herself reaching for the ball and shooting a basket. It is most likely that Chris's coach is:
a. trying to keep her spirits up during the time she won't be able to play.
b. trying to change her perspective and see the game through his eyes.
c. keeping her involved in the game, so she'll stop brooding over her injury.
d. encouraging her to rehearse in this way, so her performance will improve when she's ready to play again.

3. When Mitch was learning to drive, he couldn't imagine how he'd ever remember to steer the wheel, flip on the turn signal, step on the gas pedal, and still manage to keep the car on the road. Now that he has been driving for three years, Mitch's reactions have become so automatic that, when he's driving is/are involved.
a. nonconscious processes
b. convergent thinking
c. subconscious processes
d. divergent thinking

4. Dawn and Erin can't figure out how to fit their clothes, furniture, futons, computers, and a refrigerator into their small dorm room. Just when it seems hopeless, Erin says, "Aha, I've got it!" She begins moving the items around until they fit perfectly. Erin's sudden revelation is most likely due to:
a. clues that triggered nonconscious processing about the room arrangement, followed by conscious awareness of the solution.
b. simplifying the process by imagining a prototype of a dorm room, then making a decision based on that prototype.
c. subconscious processing and automatic routines that Erin has learned so well that she can perform them without thinking.
d. beginning the task in a state of mindlessness, then directing her conscious thinking to the task at hand.