Gustav and his wife visit a new restaurant because they have heard good reviews about the restaurant's food, ambience, and service. The waitress who attends their table is efficient, tactful, and mannerly, exactly how he expects waitresses to be. In the context of Gustav's experience, which of the following does the waitress represent?
A) A memory tag
B) A social schema
C) A memory trace
D) A mental representation

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The waitress represents a social schema, which is a mental framework that helps individuals organize and interpret information about the world around them, including roles and behaviors expected in certain social situations. Gustav's expectations of how waitresses should behave are based on his social schema of the role of a waitress.

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