Which of the Following Statements Is the Test Used by the Courts

question 43

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is the test used by the courts to determine if a duty of care was owed?

• A) Would a reasonable person have acted like that in these circumstances
• B) Would an average person have acted like that in these circumstances
• C) Would an average person have foreseen that type of injury
• D) Would a reasonable person have foreseen that type of injury

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Definitions:

Blue Eye-Brown Eye Project

A famous exercise in discrimination conducted by teacher Jane Elliott to teach her students about racism by dividing them based on eye color.

Jane Elliott

Jane Elliott is an American schoolteacher known for her "blue eyes–brown eyes" exercise, which she developed to illustrate the effects of racism and prejudice to her students following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Conforms

To behave according to the conventional standards, rules, or laws set by a group or society.

Normative Social Influence

It is the influence of other people that leads us to conform in order to be liked and accepted by them.