In His Years of Experience as a Bartender, Marty Stewart

Multiple Choice

In his years of experience as a bartender, Marty Stewart has developed a schema that says large men with tattoos order beer. When Marty served beer to a large man with tattoos who had ordered ginger ale, Marty was demonstrating that ________.

A) perceivers actively interpret reality so that it is consistent with their expectations and schemas
B) motivational states can vary in different situations
C) people tend to notice information that is inconsistent with their schemas
D) motivational states are stable across situations