SMITH MINI CASE: Nathan Smith Is Single and Lives in Detroit

question 93

Multiple Choice

SMITH MINI CASE: Nathan Smith is single and lives in Detroit, where he works on the assembly line at the local automobile manufacturing plant and is a member of the Automobile Workers Union. He views work as a means to buy things to enhance his leisure time and recently purchased a new television so that he could better watch his favorite team, the Detroit Lions, play football. Nathan has always followed the Lions, largely because his dad was a big Lions fan.
-In the SMITH MINI CASE, Nathan roots for the Lions because his dad did. This is an example of ________.

• A) subjective measurement
• B) geodemographic clustering
• C) intergenerational transfer
• D) family decision making
• E) status consumption

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Definitions:

Tort Law

A branch of law dealing with civil wrongs or damages caused by one party to another, not arising from contractual obligations.

Compensation

Payment or reward given for services rendered, loss experienced, or damages incurred.

Battery

A civil wrong that occurs when one person intentionally and voluntarily brings about a non-consented harmful or offensive contact with a person or something closely associated with him or her. Battery requires an actual contact.

Consent

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