The Government Can Force a Large Business to Break Up

question 86

Multiple Choice

The government can force a large business to break up into smaller companies if it can show that the business ________________, as it did with the telephone company AT&T and its affiliated regional Bell System companies in the 1980s, through antitrust regulation.

• A) has established a monopoly over certain goods or services
• B) has regularly engaged in unfair trading practices
• C) represents a threat to public safety, due to high pricing for a vital communications service
• D) has colluded with other companies in its market to keep prices high

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Definitions:

Classical Conditioning

An educational technique that pairs two stimuli together repeatedly; a response that at first occurs due to the second stimulus alone eventually results from the first stimulus.

Social Learning Theory

The theory emphasizing that learning occurs within a social context, and knowledge is acquired through observing others in the social environment.

Observational Learning

A method of gaining behaviors by observing and mimicking the actions of others.

Operant Conditioning

A method of learning that employs rewards and punishments for behavior, leading to changes in voluntary behavior.