In Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp

question 85

Multiple Choice

In Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. v. Public Service Comm., the New York utility commission ruled that electric utilities could not advertise to promote the use of electricity. The Supreme Court held that the:

• A) First Amendment right of free speech had been violated because there may be no limit on any speech on commercial matters
• B) First Amendment right of free speech had not been violated because it does not protect commercial advertising
• C) First Amendment right of free speech had not been violated, not because commercial speech has no protection, but because of public interest in energy conservation
• D) state of New York cannot regulate public utilities without federal approval because of the commerce clause
• E) none of the other choices

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Definitions:

Time

The indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.

Instrumental Conditioning

Another term for operant conditioning, a learning process in which behavior is modified by the reinforcing or punishing consequences that follow.

Operant Conditioning

is a learning process through which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.