Under Which Circumstance Will a Principal Not Be Responsible for the Tort

question 51

Multiple Choice

Under which circumstance will a principal not be responsible for the tort of the agent?

• A) if the agent was violating the instructions of the principal in committing the tort
• B) if the agency agreement between the agent and principal says that the principal will not be responsible for the agent's torts
• C) if the tort was committed outside the scope of the agency arrangement
• D) if the tort is an unintentional tort

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Definitions:

Latent Learning

Learning that occurs without any obvious reinforcement or immediate demonstration of the learned behavior.

Obvious Reinforcement

Refers to a reinforcement that is clearly and directly related to a specific behavior, making the consequences of the behavior apparent.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.

Extinction

The gradual weakening and disappearance of a conditioned response tendency because the response is no longer reinforced.