The Purpose for the Statute of Limitations Is to

question 180

Multiple Choice

The purpose for the statute of limitations is to

• A) provide a fixed period of time or a deadline for initiating a legal action.
• B) protect the physician from a lawsuit.
• C) place a cap on the amount of money awarded in a malpractice lawsuit.
• D) protect the physician from frivolous lawsuits.
• E) none of the above.

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Definitions:

Scapegoat Theory

A theory that suggests that individuals or groups unfairly blame others for their own problems or failures, often as a means of diverting attention or responsibility away from themselves.

Outgroups

Groups of people that do not belong to one's own group, which is considered the "in-group", often leading to prejudice against them.

Self-Serving Bias

A cognitive bias where individuals attribute positive outcomes to their own actions and negative outcomes to external factors, protecting self-esteem.

Scapegoat Theory

A social psychology concept that explains the tendency to blame someone else for one's own problems, often as a way of deflecting attention from one's own failures.