Meredith Is Looking for Work as a Computer Programmer

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Multiple Choice

Meredith is looking for work as a computer programmer. Although her prospects are good, she hasn't yet taken a job. Julie is looking for work in a steel mill. Every time she shows up for an interview, there are more people looking for work than their are openings. Someone waiting in line with her tells her it has been that way for a long time.

• A)Meredith and Julie are both frictionally unemployed.
• B)Meredith and Julie are both structurally unemployed.
• C)Meredith is frictionally unemployed, and Julie is structurally unemployed.
• D)Meredith is structurally unemployed, and Julie is frictionally unemployed.

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Definitions:

Proportional Differences

Variations that are relative to the size or significance of the items being compared.

Proportional Differences

Refers to the comparison of ratios or fractions, highlighting the relative difference in size or magnitude between two or more quantities.

E. H. Weber

A pioneering psychologist and physician known for his work in the somatosensory system and Weber's Law, which relates to the perceived change in a stimulus to its initial intensity.

Absolute Differences

The minimum amount by which two sensory stimuli can differ for an individual to perceive them as different.