Mike Is an Automobile Worker

question 12

Multiple Choice

Mike is an automobile worker.Because of technological changes in the way automobiles are produced and the increased use of automation,Mike was recently laid off and is currently seeking another job.Mike is best described as being

• A) frictionally unemployed
• B) structurally unemployed
• C) seasonally unemployed
• D) not in the labor force
• E) cyclically unemployed

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Definitions:

Short-term Memory

Short-term memory refers to the capacity for holding a small amount of information in an active, readily available state for a short period of time.

Long-term Memory

A type of memory capable of storing information for extended periods, ranging from a few days to decades, and includes facts, experiences, and skills.

Cocktail-Party Phenomenon

The ability to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, as if at a noisy party.

Broadbent's Filter Theory

A theory suggesting that information is filtered through a selective attention mechanism that allows only a portion of sensory inputs to reach consciousness.