MGMT1135 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cash Register
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Schemas help us process information through attention and memory, for better or worse. We tend to notice and remember things that fit into our already existing schemas. Ambiguous information will be interpreted within the confines of the schema. Blatantly contradicting information will cause us to start looking for a new one. It was hot and sticky in east harlem. Tempers flared easily in the heat and humidity it is the roughest time of the year in the city. A businessman had just turned off the lights in the store when a man who spoke with a strong accent appeared and demanded money. The owner hesitated, then opened a cash register. The contents of the cash register were scooped up, and the man sped away. A police officer was given details of the event very soon after it happened. A man appeared after the owner had turned off his store lights. The robber spoke with a strong accent.
