A Ski Instructor Who Is Laid Off from Their Job

question 86

Multiple Choice

A ski instructor who is laid off from their job at Mount Hotham over summer would be considered:

• A) frictionally unemployed.
• B) structurally unemployed.
• C) cyclically unemployed.
• D) seasonally unemployed.

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Definitions:

Ego

In Freudian theory, the part of the personality that mediates among the demands of the id, the superego, and reality.

Preconscious

The part of the mind containing contents that are not in immediate awareness but can be accessed easily.

Reality Principle

A psychoanalytic concept referring to the capacity of the mind to assess the external world and act upon it appropriately, as opposed to acting on the pleasure principle.

Pleasure Principle

A psychoanalytic concept that describes people's instinctual seeking of pleasure and avoidance of pain to satisfy biological and psychological needs.