In Parish V

question 242

Multiple Choice

In Parish v. ICON, where a person was severely injured when jumping on a trampoline and sued its maker and the maker of a safety net for failure to warn, the Iowa high court held that:

• A) the makers had no duty to warn because the danger was obvious
• B) the makers had a poorly designed set of instructions
• C) the case could be dismissed because the warnings were adequate
• D) produced products that should never have been placed on the market because they are so dangerous that warnings are unhelpful
• E) none of the other choices

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Definitions:

Social Facilitation

The tendency for people to perform differently when in the presence of others than when alone, often improving on simple or well-rehearsed tasks.

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Revealing intimate aspects of oneself to others.

Asch Procedure

A research method used in social psychology to study conformity to group pressure by analyzing how individuals yield to or defy a majority group's opinion.

Conformity

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