Subjects are asked to read a series of statements such as "customer pays bill," "customer orders food," "customer picks up menu," and "customer looks for table." When asked to recall these items later,most subjects would probably:
A) put about half of the events back in the order of a stereotypical restaurant script.
B) recall the items precisely in the order first presented.
C) put the items back in partially accurate script order,but only if asked explicitly to do so.
D) recall only the gist of the items without regard for the order.

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This phenomenon is explained by the concept of a "script" in cognitive psychology, where individuals organize information based on a sequence of events that typically occur in common situations, such as dining at a restaurant.

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