When Does a Court Weigh the Adequacy of Consideration

question 56

Multiple Choice

When does a court weigh the adequacy of consideration?

• A) A court always looks at adequacy of consideration in a contract.
• B) A court never looks at adequacy of consideration in a contract.
• C) A court will look at adequacy of consideration if fraud or undue influence took place.
• D) A court looks at adequacy of consideration if it believes that the bargain a person made was not a good bargain.
• E) A court will look at adequacy of consideration only when a piece of property is involved.

---

Definitions:

Behavioral Contrast

A phenomenon where a change in conditions results in an opposite change in behavior, often observed in operant conditioning experiments.

Habituation

A decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated presentations, indicating a form of learning that involves becoming accustomed to the stimulus.

Sensitization

An increase in behavioral response after exposure to a stimulus.

Higher-order Conditioning

A form of conditioning in which a stimulus is paired with a previously conditioned stimulus, leading to the acquisition of the same conditioned response without being directly paired with the unconditioned stimulus.