Use the Fact Situation in Q10 to Answer the Related

question 31

Multiple Choice

Use the fact situation in Q10 to answer the related question that follows. The principle of law that arises out of the fact situation above was meant to overcome an earlier principle of law that stated that

• A)payment of a lesser sum terminates the contract.
• B)a contract does not need consideration at all.
• C)a contract is terminated by performance.
• D)payment of a lesser sum in satisfaction of a greater sum is no payment at all.
• E)none of the above

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Definitions:

Unconscious

In Freud’s topographic model, the part of personality that contains material that cannot easily be brought into awareness.

Implicit Punishments

Penalties for undesirable behavior that are not directly expressed or are implied, affecting behavior modification subtly.

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies brought into play by the unconscious mind to manipulate, deny, or distort reality in order to defend against feelings of anxiety and unacceptable impulses.

Psychoanalysis

A therapeutic approach and theory of personality development that focuses on unconscious motives and conflicts, developed by Sigmund Freud.