Making False Statements About a Competitor's Products, Services, Property, or Business

question 45

Multiple Choice

Making false statements about a competitor's products, services, property, or business reputation could make a company liable for ________.

• A) intentional misrepresentation
• B) tort of appropriation
• C) disparagement
• D) misappropriation of the right to publicity

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Definitions:

Learned Responses

Behaviors developed as a result of exposure to environmental stimuli and the consequent learning from the outcomes of those behaviors.

Shaping

A method of behavior training in which positive reinforcement is used to produce successive approximations of a desired behavior.

Heredity

The genetic transmission of characteristics, traits, or diseases from parents to offspring.

Personality Research

The scientific study of characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving, focusing on identifying and measuring individual differences.