Elle, a Minor Acting on Her Own, Signs a Contract

question 19

Multiple Choice

Elle, a minor acting on her own, signs a contract to buy a horse and its tack from Field Equine Ranch. Later, after taking possession of the horse and tack, Elle disaffirms the deal. She

• A) can keep the horse and the tack.
• B) can keep the horse but not the tack.
• C) can keep the tack but not the horse.
• D) must return both the horse and the tack.

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Definitions:

Staged Manipulation

An experimental manipulation involving scenarios, role-playing, or simulations to create the conditions necessary for testing hypotheses.

Straightforward Manipulation

A manipulation technique in experimental design where variables are changed in a simple, direct way to observe resultant effects.

Confederate

In research, an individual who is aware of the experiment's purpose but is presented as a participant to other subjects.

Disrupts

Causes disorder or turmoil; interrupts the normal progress or activity of something.