Regulations May Have Retroactive Effect in Which of the Following

question 6

Multiple Choice

Regulations may have retroactive effect in which of the following circumstances:

• A)The Regulation is designed toprevent abuse by taxpayers.
• B)The Regulation relates tointernal Treasury Department policies, practices, or procedures.
• C)The Regulation may apply retroactively by Congressional directive.
• D)All of these are correct.

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Definitions:

Shaping

A behavioral psychology technique of progressively reinforcing behaviors that approximate or lead towards a desired goal behavior.

Conditioned Reinforcement

A process where a stimulus gains the capacity to reinforce desirable behaviors through its association with a primary reinforcer.

Reinforcement

A psychological principle that involves using consequences to strengthen a behavior, making it more likely to occur in the future.

Classical Conditioning

An instructive method involving the repeated pairing of two stimuli; a response, initially elicited by the second stimulus, is in time elicited by the first stimulus independently.