While at the Park,Tasha Saw a Small Child Fall into the Lake.Tasha

question 13

True/False

While at the park,Tasha saw a small child fall into the lake.Tasha did not know the child.Under the common law of most states,Tasha has a legal duty to take reasonable steps to assist the child if Tasha is able to help and such help will not jeopardize Tasha's well-being.

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Definitions:

William McDougall

A British psychologist and one of the founding figures of social psychology, known for his work on instinct and the social nature of human beings.

Instincts

are innate, typically fixed patterns of behavior in animals and humans that are responses to specific stimuli and serve survival and reproductive purposes.

Cognition

Refers to the mental processes involved in gaining knowledge and comprehension, including thinking, knowing, remembering, judging, and problem-solving.

Seligman

Refers to Martin Seligman, a psychologist known for his work on the theory of learned helplessness and for promoting positive psychology.