Discuss the Challenges and Advantages of New Communication Technologies for Marketers

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Essay

Discuss the challenges and advantages of new communication technologies for marketers as they work to build relationships with their customers.

Apply the concept of diminishing marginal utility to budget allocation decisions involving multiple goods.

Calculate the optimal consumption bundle using the marginal utility per dollar spent.

Describe the substitution and income effects on consumer choice and demand.

Distinguish between normal goods and Giffen goods based on their reaction to price changes.

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Definitions:

G Factor

Spearman’s term for a general intellectual ability that underlies all mental operations to some degree.

S Factor

Also known as the "specific factor," it refers to specific mental abilities as opposed to general intelligence in psychometric testing.

Primary Mental Abilities

According to Thurstone, seven relatively distinct capabilities that singly or in combination are involved in all intellectual activities.

Charles Spearman

A British psychologist who contributed to the development of factor analysis and the concept of general intelligence, represented as the "g" factor.