You are looking for a new roommate. You invite a person you hope will agree to be your new roommate to meet you in your apartment. Your mother, who is a real estate agent, tells you to bake cookies and make hot tea just before your prospective roommate arrives. She explains that the hot drink and smell of the cookies will affect this person's judgment of you. This is an example of:

embodied cognition

Explanation:

Embodied cognition suggests the theory that cognition, whether human or otherwise, are defined by different aspects of the body of the organism. The features of cognition include: high level mental constructs (such as concepts and categories) and various cognitive tasks (such as reasoning or judgment). The aspects of the body include:, the perceptual system, the motor system, bodily interactions with the environment (situatedness), and the assumptions about the world that define the structure of the organism.

From the above, the hot tea and baked cookies would cause a certain cognitive process (at least according to the mother) in the roommate as a result of its effect on the assumptions and other "body aspects" of the cognition of the visitor (new roommate)

Answer: incentive, carjoling, persuasion, hospitality

Explanation: this is mostly called incentive. It is an action, words, display that is done or perform to attract customers, business associates and others. In this case, it will make the person feel welcome and He or she will have the experience of your hospitality firsthand.

Little things we do, has an effect on people. Even if the person does not like the house, your hospitality will change her judgement and make her reconsider her decision.