Which Statement Below Reflects Current Consumer Attitudes Towards Businesses

question 106

Multiple Choice

Which statement below reflects current consumer attitudes towards businesses?

• A)Most consumers believe that as a general rule, businesses follow good practices. It is the few that have been caught that generate the worst publicity.
• B)Most consumers believe corporate scandals, accounting fraud, and CEO greed are on the decline.
• C)Consumers are leery of big businesses, suspicious of business motives, and are unsure if any company can be trusted.
• D)Consumers believe big businesses cannot be trusted, but small businesses are normally honest and reputable.

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Definitions:

Air Horn

A pneumatic device designed to create an extremely loud noise for the purposes of signaling or attracting attention, commonly used in sports events and emergencies.

Neutral Stimulus

A stimulus that initially produces no specific response other than focusing attention, used in classical conditioning experiments.

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally triggers a reflexive or involuntary response without the need for prior learning.

Classical Conditioning

The educational practice of regularly associating two stimuli together; a response that starts out being elicited by the second stimulus is in time elicited by only the first stimulus.