If Both Hours Worked Per Employee and the Number of Employed

question 16

Multiple Choice

If both hours worked per employee and the number of employed workers stay constant while the working-age population increases,

• A)the unemployment rate will decrease.
• B)aggregate hours will decline.
• C)the unemployment rate will increase.
• D)aggregate hours will not change.
• E)aggregate hours will increase.

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Definitions:

Fixed-Interval Schedule

A type of reinforcement schedule in operant conditioning where rewards are delivered at fixed time intervals, provided the correct response is made.

Stimulus Generalisation

The psychological phenomenon in which responses to a specific stimulus become triggered by stimuli that are similar in some way to the original stimulus.

Variable-Ratio Schedule

A reinforcement schedule in which a response is rewarded after an unpredictable number of responses, making the reward random.

Fixed-Ratio

A type of reinforcement schedule in operant conditioning where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses have occurred.