In the Text Case Mais, Et Al

question 22

Multiple Choice

In the text case Mais, et al., v. Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, the plaintiff sued claiming the defendant was responsible for acts of its former employee, even though he was not employed by the defendant at the time of the alleged acts. Which of the following was the result?

• A) The defendant was not held liable because it had no reason to know a former employee was stealing from its clients.
• B) The defendant was not held liable because the former employee's act exceeded the scope of his employment.
• C) The defendant was not held liable because the plaintiff should have known the employee was no longer employed by the defendant.
• D) The defendant was held strictly liable because the nature of the acts involved were inherently dangerous.
• E) The defendant was held vicariously liable for the acts of its former employee because it did not notify customers that the agent had been terminated.

Understand the psychological concept of learned helplessness and its impact on behavior.

Recognize the role of discriminative stimuli in signaling the availability of reinforcement.

Describe various reinforcement schedules and their effects on behavior.

Explain the phenomena of extinction and generalization within the context of operant conditioning.

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