Other Things Equal, If a Recession Gets Worse, the Number

question 227

Multiple Choice

Other things equal, if a recession gets worse, the number of discouraged workers _____, and the number of those in the labor force _____.

• A) increases; decreases
• B) decreases; increases
• C) increases; increases
• D) decreases; decreases

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Definitions:

Antecedents

Refer to events or conditions that occur before a behavior, influencing its occurrence.

Sporadically

Occurring at irregular intervals or only in a few places; scattered or isolated.

Classical Conditioning

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

Stimulus Generalization

The tendency for the conditioned stimulus to evoke similar responses after the response has been conditioned.