Gem's Principal Asked Her to Pick Up His Dry-Cleaning on Her

question 2

Multiple Choice

Gem's principal asked her to pick up his dry-cleaning on her way to work. After she had picked up the dry-cleaning and was driving to work, Gem knocked over an old man crossing the street because she did not apply the brakes in time. Under the theory of ________, Gem's principal is liable to the injured man.

• A) intentional tort
• B) negligence
• C) liability with fault
• D) vicarious liability

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Definitions:

Bahrick

Refers to Harry P. Bahrick, a psychologist known for his research on memory, including long-term memory and retention.

Retention

The ability to maintain or keep information in the mind over a period of time.

Ebbinghaus

Ebbinghaus refers to Hermann Ebbinghaus, a psychologist known for his foundational work on memory and the forgetting curve.

Nonsense Syllables

Stimuli used in psychological experiments, consisting of consonant-vowel-consonant arrangements that do not form real words, to study memory and learning.