Consumers Don't Like to Pay for Automobile Insurance, but They

question 122

Multiple Choice

Consumers don't like to pay for automobile insurance, but they know that they can be fined heavily if stopped by the police and they don't have proof of insurance. Therefore, their attitude toward insurance is based on the belief that it will eliminate the punishment they could incur if they don't have insurance. According to the functional theory of attitudes, which function does this attitude toward insurance perform?

• A) knowledge
• B) utilitarian
• C) ego-defensive
• D) value-expressive

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