Question

You are looking for a new roommate. You invite a person you hope will agree to be your new roommate to meet you in your apartment. Your mother, who is a real estate agent, tells you to bake cookies and make hot tea just before your prospective roommate arrives. She explains that the hot drink and smell of the cookies will affect this person's judgment of you. This is an example of: Please choose the correct answer from the following choices, and then select the submit answer button.

Answer 1

Answer:

This is an example of embodied cognition.

Explanation:

Embodied cognition refers to the idea that the body can influence cognition, that is, the mental processes of thinking, knowing, judging, etc. According to your mother, the other person's judgment of you can be influenced by the bodily senses of taste and smell, for instance. A hot drink and the smell of cookies will certainly cause the person's body to feel good, comfortable. That will, in its turn, influence the person's mind, making him feel welcomed, happy. Consequently, that could influence that person's judgment of you.