Janetta and Four Friends Chose a Vocational Track in High

question 58

Multiple Choice

Janetta and four friends chose a vocational track in high school, similar to those chosen by their parents. None of these students was interested in going to college. They will

• A) probably end up working in technical or medical fields.
• B) have more work opportunities available to them than their parents did.
• C) have fewer work opportunities than their parents did several decades ago.
• D) probably receive a lot of vocational counseling and job placement services as they transition from school to work.

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Definitions:

Absolute Threshold

The minimum intensity of a stimulus that one can detect 50% of the time.

Difference Threshold

The minimum difference between two stimuli required for detection 50 percent of the time. We experience the difference threshold as a just noticeable difference (or jnd).

Guitar

A stringed musical instrument with a long fretted neck, a flat wooden soundboard, and typically six strings, which are plucked or strummed.

Detecting

The process or act of discovering or identifying the presence of something concealed or unknown.