Use the Following to Answer Questions

question 237

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions:
Scenario: The Employment Rate
A group of 10 people includes 3 retirees, 2 part-time workers, 2 discouraged workers, 1 unemployed worker, and 2 full-time workers.
-(Scenario: The Employment Rate) Look at the scenario The Employment Rate. If the discouraged workers in this group became active job searchers, the:

• A)unemployment rate would fall.
• B)unemployment rate and the labor force participation rate would rise.
• C)labor force participation rate would fall.
• D)unemployment rate and the labor force participation rates would both fall.

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Definitions:

Capturing

The act of taking control of or obtaining something through force or strategy.

Drive-Reduction

A motivational theory suggesting that behavior is an attempt to reduce drives caused by needs or stress, restoring a state of balance.

Instinct

A natural and usually unchangeable behavior pattern in animals triggered by specific signals.

Cognitive

Relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering.