Which of the Following Is Not an Example of Underemployment

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not an example of underemployment?

• A)After college graduation, Marcus could only find work part-time as a bartender.
• B)After his wife gave birth to twins, Jerry quit his job to help raise them.
• C)Following the recession, Ellen lost her fulltime job as a PR assistant and found part-time work as a cosmetic sales associate.
• D)When John's sales job is outsourced he's forced to take work as a janitor to pay off his student loans.

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Definitions:

Behavioral Technology

The application of psychological principles and techniques to influence human behavior in practical, real-world settings.

Skinner

A psychologist known for his theory of operant conditioning, emphasizing the role of reinforcement in behavior modification.

Shaping

A method of operant conditioning in which successive approximations of a desired behavior are reinforced until the exact behavior is achieved.

Reinforcer

In operant conditioning, any event that strengthens the behavior it follows.