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Driving and Answering a Phone as an Example of a Dangerous Event Schema
Driving a car involves a routine event schema that can be dangerously interrupted by the schema for answering a phone. This phone-related schema is not isolated to driving; it is a powerful, general habit of checking the device in many different situations. Reinforced by the pleasurable stimulation of social interaction, this ingrained behavior compels a driver to automatically reach for their phone, often overriding the knowledge of the life-threatening risks involved.
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