You are startled when you pass an 18-wheeler driven by a woman.A woman driver violates your _____ of a trucker.
A) schema
B) script
C) prototype
D) concept

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Schema refers to our mental representations or expectations of a certain group of people or objects. In this case, the expectation was that truckers are mostly men, and the woman driver violated this schema. Option B, script, refers to a sequence of events we expect to happen in a particular situation. Option C, prototype, refers to a typical or idealized representation of a particular category, and option D, concept, refers to a mental representation of a group of objects, events, or ideas.

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