Which Statement Is False

question 135

Multiple Choice

Which statement is false?

• A)Nearly all economists prefer incentive-based regulations to command-and-control regulations to curb pollution.
• B)Emissions trading originated as a result of the 1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act.
• C)In most other economically advanced countries,gasoline taxes are much higher compared to the United States.
• D)Since the passage of the Clean Air Act in 1972,there has been very little improvement in air quality in the United States.

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Definitions:

Causation

The relationship between cause and effect, where one event (the cause) directly leads to the occurrence of another event (the effect).

Behaviour

The actions or reactions of an organism, often in response to its environment.

Behaviourism

A psychological approach that emphasizes the study of observable behavior and the role of environmental forces in shaping it, discounting mental states as primary causes of behavior.

Psychoanalytic Theory

A theory of personality organization and the dynamics of personality development that guides psychoanalysis, founded on the premise that unconscious forces such as unresolved conflicts from childhood shape behavior.