PUP 3002 FSU Exam (CH 6,11,12,13)
Questions and Answers
output standards - ANSWER-either outright bans or limitations on the amount of a
given externality that can be produced
five components of public attitudes - ANSWER--direction (the level of support that a
citizen assigns to a specific policy)
-intensity (how strongly a citizen feels about a given issue)
-salience (the relative importance of a given issue relative to other issues)
-knowledge (citizens may be uninformed of their own personal responsibility in
contributing to lingering pollution)
-stability (how much volatility we observe in citizens attitudes over time)
command and control regulation - ANSWER-laws that specify allowable quantities of
pollution and that also may detail which pollution-control technologies must be used
saliency trap - ANSWER-the logical fallacy of believing that, because a citizen has
an opinion on some policy issue, this opinion is a salient or important issue to them
relative to other issues
cross-cutting cleavages - ANSWER-divide society into many potential groups that
may conflict on one issue but cooperate on another
satisfice - ANSWER-accepting solutions that are "good enough"
national environmental policy act (NEPA) - ANSWER-established national
environmental priorities, required all federal agencies to prepare environmental
impact statements (EIS) to assess the environmental consequences of their actions,
and created the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); REQUIRED ALL
FEDERAL AGENCIES TO PREPARE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS
environmental protection agency (EPA) - ANSWER-tasked with conducting research
and disseminating information on pollution prevention, but also with the
establishment and enforcement of pollution control standards; CONDUCTS
RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATES INFORMATION ON POLLUTION
PREVENTION; ESTABLISHES AND ENFORCES POLLUTION CONTROL
STANDARDS
clean air act amendments - ANSWER-comprehensive regulations that address acid
rain, toxic emissions, ozone depletion, and automobile exhaust
clean water act amendments - ANSWER-created a permitting system for point
sources, and set limits on the amount of point source pollution that a given facility
could discharge to a water source
Questions and Answers
output standards - ANSWER-either outright bans or limitations on the amount of a
given externality that can be produced
five components of public attitudes - ANSWER--direction (the level of support that a
citizen assigns to a specific policy)
-intensity (how strongly a citizen feels about a given issue)
-salience (the relative importance of a given issue relative to other issues)
-knowledge (citizens may be uninformed of their own personal responsibility in
contributing to lingering pollution)
-stability (how much volatility we observe in citizens attitudes over time)
command and control regulation - ANSWER-laws that specify allowable quantities of
pollution and that also may detail which pollution-control technologies must be used
saliency trap - ANSWER-the logical fallacy of believing that, because a citizen has
an opinion on some policy issue, this opinion is a salient or important issue to them
relative to other issues
cross-cutting cleavages - ANSWER-divide society into many potential groups that
may conflict on one issue but cooperate on another
satisfice - ANSWER-accepting solutions that are "good enough"
national environmental policy act (NEPA) - ANSWER-established national
environmental priorities, required all federal agencies to prepare environmental
impact statements (EIS) to assess the environmental consequences of their actions,
and created the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ); REQUIRED ALL
FEDERAL AGENCIES TO PREPARE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS
environmental protection agency (EPA) - ANSWER-tasked with conducting research
and disseminating information on pollution prevention, but also with the
establishment and enforcement of pollution control standards; CONDUCTS
RESEARCH AND DISSEMINATES INFORMATION ON POLLUTION
PREVENTION; ESTABLISHES AND ENFORCES POLLUTION CONTROL
STANDARDS
clean air act amendments - ANSWER-comprehensive regulations that address acid
rain, toxic emissions, ozone depletion, and automobile exhaust
clean water act amendments - ANSWER-created a permitting system for point
sources, and set limits on the amount of point source pollution that a given facility
could discharge to a water source
