As Product Adopters, Members of the Late Majority Typically

question 160

Multiple Choice

As product adopters, members of the late majority typically

• A)fear debt and use neighbors and friends as information sources.
• B)are skeptical and have below average social status.
• C)act with deliberation and use many informal social contacts.
• D)are leaders in social standing and have slightly above average education when compared to the other adopter classes.
• E)are venturesome, better educated than other product adopters, and use multiple information sources.

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Definitions:

Risk Of Harm

The potential for injury, damage, or adverse effects in a particular situation or from a specific action.

Duty To Protect

A legal obligation imposed on individuals or entities, requiring them to take reasonable steps to protect others from foreseeable harm.

Assumption Of Risk

A traditional defense to negligence liability based on the argument that the plaintiff voluntarily exposed himself to a known danger created by the defendant’s negligence.

Comparative Fault

Often used synonymously with comparative negligence. But also sometimes used to refer to a defense that operates like comparative negligence but considers the plaintiff’s and the defendant’s overall fault rather than either’s negligence alone.