Question

Justin was on his way to work but this morning, instead of going straight there, he had to stop and pick bagels for the morning meeting. When he left his neighborhood, he turned right as he would to go to work and a few seconds later realized that he was supposed to turn left to get to the bagel place. Justin was engaging in

a. cognitive dissonance.
b. automatic processing.
c. controlled processing.
d. stereotyped behavior.

Answer 1

automatic processing.

Step-by-step explanation:

Automatic processing -

It is a type of muscle memory , where the people repeats the task again , as he has already done it several times and is very sure about the particular task , is referred to as automatic processing .

In this method, the person need not give a second thought while making any decision , it is all just in his mind.

Hence, from the question,

Justin was engaging in automatic processing.