Controlling Pollution by Setting the Same Maximum Allowable Amount of Pollution

question 26

Multiple Choice

Controlling pollution by setting the same maximum allowable amount of pollution for each polluter,and making specific rules about the way it must be reduced,is called

• A) the common-law approach.
• B) tax-and-fine regulation.
• C) cap-and-trade regulation.
• D) command-and-control regulation.

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Definitions:

Group Polarization

The phenomenon where discussions within a cohesive group lead to the adoption of more extreme positions or attitudes than initially held by individual group members.

Racially Prejudiced

Holding prejudgment, bias, or discrimination against individuals based on their race or ethnicity.

Just-world Phenomenon

The cognitive bias that assumes good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people.

Groupthink

A psychological phenomenon that occurs within a group of people, where the desire for harmony and conformity results in irrational or dysfunctional decision-making outcomes.