Which of the Following Will Most Likely Qualify for Unemployment

question 6

Multiple Choice

Which of the following will most likely qualify for unemployment compensation benefits?

• A)a new college graduate who cannot find work despite a desperate job search
• B)an unemployed coal miner who has been receiving benefits for the past six months
• C)a former retail clerk who quit her job because the boss was too demanding
• D)a spot welder who has just gotten his first "pink slip" in the mail after ten years of continuous employment
• E)an accountant who was fired from his last position for drinking alcohol on the job

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Definitions:

Memory Code

The format in which information is stored in the memory, including visual, acoustic, and semantic codes.

Reconstructive Memory Principle

The concept that memories are not played back exactly as they happened, but are reconstructed, or pieced together, from various sources.

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after an outcome is known, that it was predictable, despite there being little or no objective basis for predicting it.

Reconstruction Bias

a type of cognitive bias that involves memory errors in which individuals may add or omit details in their recollection of events.