Which One of the Following Is an Example of a Frictionally

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is an example of a frictionally unemployed individual?

• A) Martin, who lacks the skills necessary to be employed as a machinist
• B) Lee, who lost his job as an art director because of a recession
• C) Jan, who is a high school dropout and is working as a bus driver
• D) Helena, who has just graduated from law school and is searching for a job

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Definitions:

Acquisition Behavior

A behavioral psychology term referring to the process of learning new behaviors, often through conditioning.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response which is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Ivan Pavlov

A Russian physiologist known for his research on classical conditioning, demonstrating how organisms can learn to associate neutral stimuli with reflexive responses.

Observational Learning

Learning that occurs through observing the behavior of others and the outcomes of those behaviors.