Kara and Randall Created a Contract

question 53

Multiple Choice

Kara and Randall created a contract.After a dispute arose, a court interpreted the agreement and found that it contained a term that neither party had expressly mentioned during negotiations.With respect to that term, which of the following statements is most likely to be TRUE?

• A)One of the parties must have expressly affirmed the term in court.
• B)Both parties must have expressly affirmed the term in court.
• C)The term must have been implied.
• D)The court must have made a mistake because every term must be expressly created by the parties.
• E)A term can be implied only if it is required by some form of legislation.

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Definitions:

Operant Behavior

Behavior that is controlled by its consequences, including rewards and punishments.

Secondary Conditioning

A phenomenon in classical conditioning where a stimulus that becomes conditioned as a CS is used to condition a new stimulus.

Spontaneous Recovery

A phenomenon in conditioning where a previously extinguished response re-emerges after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Respondent Behavior

A type of behavior that occurs in response to specific stimuli and is conditioned by the environment, as seen in classical conditioning.