As you sit in class and look at your psychology professor,you begin to think of all the traits that are generally associated with college professors and think about other college professors that you have had in the past.This is an example of a(n) :

A) impression.
B) category.
C) schema.
D) heuristic.

This is an example of a schema, which is a mental framework of beliefs and expectations about a particular group or category of people or things. In this case, the schema is about college professors and the traits we associate with them based on our past experiences and cultural expectations. Impression refers to a specific belief or feeling about a particular person, while category is a broader grouping of similar objects or people, and heuristic is a mental shortcut used to make quick judgments or decisions.