An Example of Communicating Category Membership by Relying on the Product

question 58

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An example of communicating category membership by relying on the product descriptor is Ford's positioning of its Freestyle automobile, which combines the attributes of an SUV, a minivan, and a station wagon, as a "sports wagon."

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Definitions:

Overregularization

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Adaptive Problems

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