If a friend tells you that they went to the grocery store to…

If a friend tells you that they went to the grocery store to buy groceries, you automatically assume that part of their trip involved going to a check-out clerk or self-check station and paying for their groceries because we tend to have a general set of expectations for the typical sequence of events in commonly experienced situations, which are called [BLANK-1].  

Mark was incredibly nervous on his first day at a new job an…

Mark was incredibly nervous on his first day at a new job and this was compounded by how much new information he was given about his role with the company. At the end of the day, he went home where he felt much more relaxed. He then tried to make some notes on what he had learned at work, but found it very difficult to remember any of the new information he had been given. Which of the following TWO best explain why Mark had such a hard time remembering things in this scenario?