An Example of Structural Unemployment Includes

question 48

Multiple Choice

An example of structural unemployment includes:

• A) a textile worker who quits one job and waits for the new job to begin.
• B) the worker of the factory that has closed and he lacks the skills to obtain a new job.
• C) a computer programmer who becomes rich and leaves the labour force.
• D) a construction worker who was temporarily laid off due to the end of the construction contract.

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Definitions:

Preferred Activity

An activity that an individual chooses or prefers over other options, often used in reinforcement learning and behavior modification strategies.

Response Deprivation Theory

A theory suggesting that a behavior can become reinforcing when access to that behavior is restricted below its baseline level of occurrence.

Baseline Occurrence

The rate at which a behavior occurs before any intervention or conditioning is applied.

Probability-Differential Theory

The idea that an activity will have reinforcing properties when its probability of occurrence is greater than that of the reinforced activity.