When people form judgments about everyday events,the feature-matching process usually
A) leads to inaccurate perceptions of a given event.
B) leads people to select the right schema to encode a given event.
C) creates a mismatch between the features of a schema and a given event.
D) ensures that irrelevant similarities or superficial features of a given event will not influence a person's schema.

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The feature-matching process helps people select the most appropriate schema to encode a given event by matching relevant features of the event with the features of the schema. This ensures that people form accurate judgments about everyday events. Option A is incorrect because the feature-matching process aims to improve the accuracy of perception. Option C is incorrect because the feature-matching process selects the schema that best matches the features of the event. Option D is incorrect because the feature-matching process considers all relevant similarities between the event and schema, not just superficial features.

When People Form Judgments About Everyday Events,the Feature-Matching Process Usually