The Normal Rate of Unemployment Around Which the Unemployment Rate

question 67

True/False

The normal rate of unemployment around which the unemployment rate fluctuates is called cyclical unemployment.

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Definitions:

Contingent Reinforcement

A form of behavior modification where the delivery of reinforcement depends on the occurrence of a specific behavior.

Continuous Reinforcement

A learning process in which a behavior is reinforced every time it occurs, leading to high rates of responding and rapid learning.

Negative Reinforcement

A behavioral reinforcement technique where a negative condition is removed as a reward to strengthen a desired behavior.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process by which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment, a concept introduced by B.F. Skinner.