A Misconception About Marketing Is That It Is ________

question 69

Multiple Choice

A misconception about marketing is that it is ________.

• A) relevant to everyone
• B) no more inherently unethical than other business areas
• C) all about selling
• D) highly visible by nature
• E) highly public

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Definitions:

Scapegoating

The practice of unfairly blaming an individual or group for problems or negative outcomes, often without justification.

Aggression

Behavior intended to harm or intimidate others, which can be physical, verbal, or non-verbal, motivated by a variety of factors including frustration, social learning, or biological predisposition.

Hindsight Bias

The tendency to believe, after an outcome is already known, that one would have foreseen it, often referred to as the "I-knew-it-all-along" effect.

Stereotypes

Widely held but fixed and oversimplified images or ideas about a particular type of person or thing.