Carson hears his friends talking about the recent government decision to defund a student loan program. Carson doesn't have student loans, but he feels like this could affect his friends, and so listens to learn more details. Carson is experiencing which type of schema processing?
A) Suspending information
B) Discounting information
C) Reevaluating schema
D) Contradictory schema decay

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Carson is not directly affected by the decision to defund the student loan program, but he is interested in learning more because he believes it could have an impact on his friends who do have student loans. Therefore, he is suspending his own personal schema and gathering new information to understand the potential effects of the decision on his friends.

Carson Hears His Friends Talking About the Recent Government Decision