Marketers Respond to Charges of Planned Obsolescence with All of the Following

question 37

Multiple Choice

Marketers respond to charges of planned obsolescence with all of the following EXCEPT which one?

• A)Consumers like change.
• B)No-one is forced to buy the new product.
• C)The product will eventually wear out anyway.
• D)For most technical products,customers want the latest innovations.
• E)Companies do not want to lose customers to other brands.

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Definitions:

Consequences

Results or outcomes of actions, often highlighted in the context of cause and effect relationships.

Symbolic Interactionists

Scholars and theorists who focus on how individuals interpret and confer meanings to objects, events, and behaviors within society, and how these interpretations form the basis of social interaction.

Social Environments

The immediate physical and social setting in which people live or in which something happens, including the culture that individuals are educated or live in, and people and institutions with whom they interact.

Socialization

The process by which individuals learn and adopt the norms, values, and behaviors necessary for functioning in their society.