Suppose That in a Restaurant, a Waiter Grows Impatient with a Customer

question 172

Essay

Suppose that in a restaurant, a waiter grows impatient with a customer, rolls his eyes, taps his pencil impatiently on his order book, and finally snaps, "I haven't got all day, you know." Compare and contrast how a personality psychologist and a social psychologist would attempt to explain such behavior.

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Definitions:

Bilateral Contract

An agreement where each of the two parties makes a promise or set of promises to the other.

Unilateral Contract

An agreement in which a promise by one party is exchanged for an act performed by the other party.

Executed

A term applied to a contract in which all of the terms have been fully performed.

Implied-In-Law

A legal obligation arising not from explicit agreement but from a duty inherent in social or legal traditions.