Question

A script is a specific kind of social norm that prescribes how a given social interaction should proceed. For example, the standard restaurant script involves waiting to be seated, allowing the server to explain your choices, requesting certain items rather than getting them yourself, and certain procedures for finishing the meal and paying the bill. What other scripts can you think of? What functions do they serve?

Answer 1

Answer: Your first day in a new school, or going to the doctor's for a checkup

Explanation: Scripts define a set of behaviors for a range of familiar situations and help us behave in a socially acceptable manner. For example, if it's your first day in a new school, you know that you need to be directed to your new class, and then asked to introduce yourself before you do so.

Also, in countries where seeing a doctor requires you to make an appointment except in emergencies, you know that you cannot just walk into the doctor's office without calling earlier and asking for a suitable date and time to meet with the doctor.