A few weeks before school starts, Natalie and her daughter, Sophie, age 5, have a "Mom Day," which for the past several years has entailed going shopping for school clothes and eating lunch at a restaurant. This year, however, Dad has a vacation day from work on the scheduled "Mom Day" and would like to come along. Sophie protests by saying, "but that's not the way we do it!" This protest indicates that Sophie's __________ for this event was violated.

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Sophie's protest implies that she expected a certain sequence of events or script for the "Mom Day" shopping trip, and the addition of Dad disrupts that script. Therefore, Sophie's script for the event was violated. Anticipation and interest do not fully capture this concept, and "map" is not a relevant term in this context.

A Few Weeks Before School Starts, Natalie and Her Daughter