Question

Lisa rides the train to work and always gets off at Stop A. One Saturday she has to go into town, and she rides the same train she takes to work. She is supposed to get off at Stop F, but she starts talking to her mother on the phone and then gets off at Stop A. What does this tell us about unconscious processing?

Answer 1

Answer:

if not consciously attending to what we are doing, we will rely on habit

Explanation:

This answer can be summarized as doing something in a particular pattern because one has replayed that pattern over and over in past scenarios.

Lisa has gotten used to getting off at stop A that in her unconscious mind she forgot that she was not going to work on that Saturday but to town. The phone call with her mom must have also contributed to the likelihood of this happening. As her mind was fixated on her conversation with her mother.