The Fact That ________ Is an Argument Against Requiring the Government

question 12

Multiple Choice

The fact that ________ is an argument against requiring the government to compensate private parties for an environmental taking.

• A)compensation based on the prospective value of the property in private hands could be hard to determine
• B)governments would be more careful in designing environmental policies if they had to compensate for takings
• C)the government would be reluctant to pass any environmental legislation,since it could often be interpreted as taking some private party's property rights
• D)environmental takings amount to expropriation of an individual's land

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Definitions:

Observational Learning

A learning process through which behaviors are acquired by watching and imitating others.

Classical Conditioning

Form of learning in which a neutral stimulus becomes associated with a stimulus that naturally elicits a response, thereby making the neutral stimulus itself sufficient to elicit the same response.

Operant Conditioning

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

Social-cognitive Learning

Learning through observing others’ behaviors, attitudes, and outcomes of those behaviors, emphasizing the importance of cognitive processes.