In Fuerschbach V

question 194

Multiple Choice

In Fuerschbach v. Southwest Airlines, where Fuerschbach was "arrested" by the police as a prank at work, the appeals court held that there:

• A) could be a tort of misrepresentation as the police were not really making an arrest
• B) could be a tort of assault and battery by the workers who arranged the "arrest"
• C) could be no tort because no malice was involved
• D) could be no tort because a reasonable person would not act like Fuerschbach did
• E) none of the other choices

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Definitions:

Mental Process

The internal, covert activities of the mind, such as thinking, reasoning, and remembering.

Classical Conditioning

is a learning process where a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a meaningful stimulus, producing a similar response, originally identified by Ivan Pavlov.

Operant Conditioning

A process of teaching in which a behavior's force is adjusted through the use of incentives or consequences.

Reinforcements

In psychology, it refers to anything that strengthens or increases the likelihood of a behavior by following it with a desirable outcome or reward.