The Government Has Adopted an Environmental Policy Based on Emissions

question 98

Multiple Choice

The government has adopted an environmental policy based on emissions taxes if it:

• A) transfers ownership of city air to a private firm that charges automobile drivers a profit-maximizing price, based in part on the pollution capacity of the atmosphere.
• B) charges automobile drivers 10 cents for each unit of automobile emissions.
• C) pays automobile drivers 10 cents for each 10 percent reduction in automobile emissions.
• D) specifies the type of catalytic converter that must be used to reduce automobile emissions.

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Definitions:

Cat Food

Manufactured food specifically formulated to meet the nutritional needs of domestic cats.

Classical Conditioning

A conditioning method where a response initially triggered by a second stimulus comes to be elicited by the first stimulus alone after repeated pairings of the two stimuli.

CS and US

In classical conditioning, CS stands for Conditioned Stimulus, which is a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus (US), eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Conditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.