If the Court Certifies an Action as Meeting the Criteria

question 95

True/False

If the court certifies an action as meeting the criteria for a class action lawsuit and the plaintiffs prevail or reach a settlement, members of the class must each bring their own lawsuits to obtain relief.

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Definitions:

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

A phenomenon where an individual's or group's expectations about an outcome cause behaviors that make the outcome more likely to happen.

Punishment

The application of an undesirable outcome in response to a behavior, with the aim of decreasing or eliminating that behavior.

Extinction

Discourages a behavior by making the removal of a desirable consequence contingent on its occurrence.

Attribution Theory

A theory in social psychology that explains how individuals infer the causes of their own and others' behavior.