MCQ given topic 4

Question 1

According to the largescale survey conducted by the LSE, Harvard and the OECD, what are
the best predictors of support for climate change policies?
a) Education and political leaning
b) Perceived effectiveness of policies and concern about global warming
c) How the policy affects the individual (i.e. self-interest), along with how effective and
fair the policy is perceived to be
d) There is too much variation in determinants of support to draw generalisations

Answer 1

c) How the policy affects the individual (i.e. self-interest), along with how effective and
fair the policy is perceived to be

Question 2

Which of the following is true about support for climate policies?
a) The level of support for subsidies is higher than support for taxes
b) Support for food policies have the highest support of any category of policy
c) Support for a carbon tax does not depend on how the revenues are used
d) None of the other options is true

Answer 2

a) The level of support for subsidies is higher than support for taxes

Question 3

In the climate change videos, what is the best summary of the main finding?
a) People are more responsive to videos that explain how policies work than to videos
that explain how devasting global warming will be
b) People do not support policies because they think global warming is inevitable
c) Support depends primarily on whether the person will be personally affected.
d) The climate change videos increased support for policies and also made people
more willing to personally donate to environmental causes, relative to the control

Answer 3

a) People are more responsive to videos that explain how policies work than to videos
that explain how devasting global warming will be

Question 4

Which reason below best captures why the climate crisis and the Covid pandemic can be
thought of public goods games?
a) Because governments, which use public funds, needed to lead the way on tackling
both crises
b) Because both involve public consequences of private behaviour (i.e. externalities)
c) Because in both the private benefits of cooperation are higher than the public
benefits
d) In both cases, there is about a 50/50 split between those who comply with all with
the rules and guidelines and those who are solely self-interest

Answer 4

b) Because both involve public consequences of private behaviour (i.e. externalities)

Question 5

Which of the following statements is true about public goods games?
a) Contributions to the public good tend to be lower than the rational prediction
b) People are mostly altruistic and tend to ignore the minority who do not contribute
c) People will not punish others if they cannot do it for free
d) People will cooperate as long as others do so as well

Answer 5

d) People will cooperate as long as others do so as well

Question 6

According to the psychology of climate change, why might extreme events lead to a short
term increase in support for climate change mitigation and adaption measures?
a) Self-interest
b) The availability heuristic
c) Hyperbolic discounting
d) Pessimism

Answer 6

b) The availability heuristic

Question 7

The infographic on flying behaviour from a nationally representative Irish sample shown in
class showed the following:
a) About 50% of the population take at least 2 flights leaving Ireland each year
b) There is a minority of about 10% who take 20% of all flights
c) There is a minority of 5% who take nearly a quarter of all flights
d) Most people who do not fly regularly want much higher taxes on frequent flyers

Answer 7

c) There is a minority of 5% who take nearly a quarter of all flights

Question 8

Which of the following statements best captures the purpose and observed effect of the
‘booster interventions’ in relation to taxing aviation?
a) They were designed to increase support through persuasion and/or provision of
factual information but they did not work
b) They were designed to increase support through information only, and they were
effective.
c) Their purpose was to boost comprehension and their effect on support was not
relevant to the study
d) They were designed to increase comprehension of the effects of the FFL, and the results showed they increased support for this policy.

Answer 8

d) They were designed to increase comprehension of the effects of the FFL, and the results showed they increased support for this policy.