Fact Pattern 23-1 (Questions 15 and 16 Apply)

question 7

Multiple Choice

Fact Pattern 23-1 (Questions 15 and 16 apply)
Echo takes her car to Fix-It, Inc., which repairs the car and bills Echo for $500. Echo writes out a check drawn on Capital Bank, but later, believing that Fix-It did not repair the car properly, issues a stop-payment order.

-Refer to Fact Pattern 23-1.Capital Bank pays the check.Capital

• A)can sue Echo for a wrongful stop-payment order.
• B)can sue Fix-It for breach of contract.
• C)can sue no one because it paid a check that was not properly payable.
• D)is liable for Echo's loss due to the wrongful payment.

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Definitions:

Weak Ego

Refers to an individual's fragile sense of self that has difficulty maintaining personal boundaries or coping with stressors.

Reality Principle

In psychoanalytic theory, the ability of the mind to assess the external world and act upon it accordingly, often in contrast with the pleasure principle.

Id

According to Freudian psychoanalytic theory, it is the part of the mind that contains instinctual desires and operates based on the pleasure principle.

Ego

in Freudian psychology, is the part of the personality that mediates between the instincts and the external world, aiming for a realistic approach to gratification.