Quiz 5

A current trend in the United States involves rediscovering the benefits of home-cooked food and the use of organic ingredients. People are choosing to spend hours in the kitchen using only the freshest ingredients to cook healthy and nutritious meals. This change in ________ is one of the reasons for the increasing demand for organic ingredients.

Lifestyle

Robert has taken up cycling as a hobby and as a way to maintain his physical fitness. He wants to buy a hydration system since he will need a lot of water as he cycles. Having gathered a great deal of information, he has finally narrowed down his choices to three systems: Waterbags for Roadies, Supertanker Hydropacks, and Fast Water. Robert is in the ________ stage of the buyer decision process.

Evaluation of alternatives

The information sources that are the most effective at influencing a consumer's purchase decision are _____. These sources legitimize or evaluate products for the buyer.

Personal

A particular automobile company works to keep its customers happy after each sale, aiming to delight each one of them in order to increase their customer lifetime value. Which of the following steps of the buyer decision process does the company exemplify?

Post-purchase behavior

Each culture contains smaller ________, or groups of people with shared value systems based on common life experiences and situations.

Subcultures