Which of the Following Cases Established a Clinician's Duty to Protect

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which of the following cases established a clinician's duty to protect people who might be in danger because of their client?

• A)Durham v.United States (1954)
• B)Tarasoff v.Regents of the University of California (1974)
• C)O'Connor v.Donaldson (1975)
• D)Wyatt v.Stickney (1971)

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

An approach to learning in which the force of a behavior is shaped through positive reinforcement or negative consequences.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished response after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Respondent Behavior

Behavior that occurs as a direct response to a specific stimulus, often reflexive or involuntary in nature.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process in which a biologically potent stimulus is paired with a previously neutral stimulus to elicit a conditioned response.