CASE STUDY 27.7 UNPALATABLE PATE

question 44

Multiple Choice

CASE STUDY 27.7
UNPALATABLE PATE
For Questions , use the following narrative
Narrative: Case study 27.7 summary
News article excerpt: An exploratory study asked roughly 300 Australian students whether they approved or disapproved of certain uses of animals.Researchers concluded that students frequently condemned consumptive practices while endorsing consumption itself.For example, nearly three-fourths of the students disapproved of "force-feeding geese to make their livers swell up to produce pate for restaurants" but the majority did not disapprove of "eating pate produced by the force-feeding of geese." The authors interpreted these findings as evidence of an inconsistency between people's attitudes and behaviors toward the use of animals.

-{Case study 27.7 narrative} It appears that the researchers only offered two choices for answers to their questions: approve or disapprove.What is the impact of this on the results of the survey?

• A)It overstates the results in a biased way; some people may have a neutral opinion but that was not a choice."Not disapproving" is different from "approving."
• B)It forces people to really think about their feelings and commit one way or the other.This will give better results.
• C)It will not impact the results at all.
• D)None of the above.

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