In the Context of Motivations of Consumer Misbehavior, Differential Association

question 47

Multiple Choice

In the context of motivations of consumer misbehavior, differential association explains why:

• A) the U.S. culture places a great deal of emphasis on attaining material possessions and "getting ahead."
• B) stealing from large corporations may seem less severe than stealing from a family-owned retailer.
• C) groups of people replace one set of acceptable norms with another set that others view as unacceptable.
• D) drug addiction is more of a consumer problem behavior than a consumer misbehavior.

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Definitions:

Two-Fold Cost of Sex

A hypothesis in evolutionary biology that suggests sexual reproduction is twice as costly as asexual reproduction, since only females contribute to the gene pool of the offspring.

Sexual Lineages

The genetic line of descent traced through mating and reproduction, typically examined through the analysis of patterns in genetic variation.

Asexual Lineages

Populations or species that reproduce without the genetic recombination processes involved in sexual reproduction.

Antagonistic Coevolution

The evolutionary relationship between two species, in which changes in the genetic composition of one species drive reciprocal changes in the genetic composition of the other.