In One Year You Meet 45 People Who Are Each

question 92

Multiple Choice

In one year you meet 45 people who are each unemployed for one week, and five people who are each unemployed for the whole year. Which of the following statistics best describe this situation?

• A)90 percent are short-term unemployed, and 85.3 percent are long-term unemployed
• B)10 percent are short-term unemployed, and 90 percent are long-term unemployed
• C)90 percent are short-term unemployed, and 10 percent are long-term unemployed
• D)88 percent are short-term unemployed, and 22 percent are long-term unemployed

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Definitions:

Panic

A sudden overwhelming fear or anxiety that often causes wildly unthinking behavior or mass hysteria, usually in response to a particular event or situation.

Overcrowding Disasters

Catastrophic events resulting from too many people being confined in a space that cannot safely accommodate them, often leading to injury or death.

Deindividuation

A psychological state where an individual loses self-awareness and personal responsibility, often occurring within groups and leading to uninhibited behaviors.

Zimbardo

Refers to Philip Zimbardo, an American psychologist known for his Stanford prison experiment, exploring the psychological effects of perceived power.