Consumers Who Score High on a Scale of Public Self-Consciousness

question 91

Multiple Choice

Consumers who score high on a scale of public self-consciousness:

• A) are interested in clothing and are heavy users of cosmetics.
• B) are usually older than average, mostly 50 and over.
• C) are unconcerned about what others say about them in private, behind their backs.
• D) go to great lengths to avoid appearing in public.

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