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Business Administration is a comprehensive course that explores the fundamental principles and practices involved in managing and running businesses of various sizes and industries. The curriculum covers key areas such as organizational behavior, marketing, finance, operations management, human resource management, and strategic planning. Emphasizing both theoretical frameworks and practical applications, the course prepares students to analyze business problems, develop effective solutions, and make informed decisions in a dynamic and competitive global marketplace. By engaging with real-world case studies and collaborative projects, students gain valuable skills essential for leadership and successful business management.
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Consumer Behaviour Buying Having and Being 6th Canadian Edition by Michael R. Solomon
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Chapter 1: An Introduction to Consumer Behaviour
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Q1) Of the following pieces of legislation intended to protect the consumer,which was passed first?
A) Textile Labelling Act
B) Food and Drug Act
C) Motor Vehicle Safety Act
D) Hazardous Products Act
E) National Trademark and True Labelling Act
Answer: E
Q2) Marketers who interact with their customers on a regular basis,and not just at the time of purchase,are most likely engaged in:
A) brand loyalty
B) psychographic segmentation
C) market segmentation
D) relationship marketing
Answer: D
Q3) Interviews usually involve small group sessions with approximately 6-12 consumer participants.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Perception
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Q1) Ben Perez is driving along a mountain road.In the distance,he sees a road crew working on a fallen tree that has blocked the highway.When Ben first sees the road crew,which of the following perceptual processes has been engaged?
A) attention
B) comprehension
C) exposure
D) interpretation
Answer: C
Q2) While most automobile companies want to be viewed as being stylish or safe,Subaru appealed to dog owners in a series of innovative advertisements.This was part of Subaru's:
A) positioning strategy.
B) market segmentation.
C) consumer profiling.
D) primary research.
Answer: A
Q3) List the five sensory systems.
Answer: sight,sound,smell,taste,and touch
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Chapter 3: Learning and Memory
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Q1) Another word for learning would be ________.
A) masked behaviour
B) modelling
C) activation
D) conditioning
Answer: D
Q2) List the four types of learning schedules.Give one marketing example and identify which type of schedule it is.
Answer: The four learning schedules are fixed-ratio reinforcement,variable-ratio reinforcement,fixed-interval reinforcement,and variable-interval reinforcement.An example of a variable-ratio reinforcement is Tim Horton's Roll up the Rim to Win.The number of times you win is dependent on how many cups of coffee you get; however,the consumer is not sure how many responses are required before the reinforcemet is given.
Q3) Casual,even unintentional,acquisition of knowledge is called:
A) incidental learning.
B) piggybacking.
C) stimulus-response connections.
D) accidental knowledge.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Motivation and Affect
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Q1) Why can approach-approach conflicts be resolved easier with cognitive dissonance reduction strategies than approach-avoidance conflicts?
A) Approach-avoidance conflicts result when the positive alternative simply overwhelms the negative; thus, no cognitive dissonance exists under this condition.
B) Approach-approach conflicts result when both alternatives are positive. The selection of one requires the rejection of another, which creates a need for a cognitive explanation of why one was not selected. The approach-avoidance conflict produces much less dissonance because one is positive and the other is clearly negative.
C) Approach-avoidance conflicts create inertia; thus, past habits are employed without the need to resolve the cognitive inconsistencies.
D) Approach-approach conflicts are very confusing to resolve intellectually, but approach-avoidance conflicts are typically simply resolved through behavioural aspects of reinforcement learning.
Q2) Name and describe the five levels of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
Q3) List and define the three types of motivational conflicts.
Q4) What is sentiment analysis and how is it related to social media?
Q5) Describe the top level of needs in Maslow's hierarchy.
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Chapter 5: The Self
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Q1) Matching product attributes with some aspect a consumer holds to be true of his or her self is consistent with:
A) situation-actualization theory.
B) self-image congruence models.
C) symbolic self-completion theory.
D) self-as-other models.
Q2) Mary Jane is a very conservative businesswoman by day.However,when she decides to "go out on the town," she likes to party and "kick up her heels." This would be an example of a reaction due to the fact that many consumers ________.
A) are not confident with their real selves
B) prefer their ideal self
C) have secret identities
D) have multiple selves
Q3) James has a positive attitude toward himself.It could be said that he has a high:
A) behavioural anchor referent.
B) self-esteem.
C) ideal self.
D) self-monitoring system.
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Chapter 6: Personality, Lifestyles, and Values
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Q1) Kevin and his brother won a lottery and shared the money equally.Kevin went on a trip around the world.His brother bought an expensive racing boat.Discuss what factor likely led to this difference in choice.
Q2) Beth is highly motivated to advance her career,but does not like uncertainty.She is also highly concerned about the approval of others.According to the VALS system,Beth would most likely be categorized as a Striver.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A household cleaner that advertises its durability is appealing to which type of value?
A) cultural
B) core
C) product-specific
D) consumption-specific
Q4) Describe the concepts of brand personality and brand equity and how they are related.
Q5) Guita is very aware of her publicly displayed self-image.She purchases clothing and cosmetics to convey a positive image of her self to others.Describe which trait she is likely high on.
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Chapter 7: Attitudes
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Q1) Compare the "foot-in-the-door" technique with "door-in-the-face" technique.Assume that a politician is running for a political office and give an example of the utilization of both techniques in her campaign.
Q2) A research firm was using Fishbein's model to measure attitudes,but found that the predictions of the model were insufficient to explain the behaviour of its client's customers.The firm decided to try the extended Fishbein model; what did they need to add to their original research?
A) the age and income of the average customer.
B) the social class and the income of the average customer.
C) an attitude-tracking program.
D) the influence of an individual's attitude toward the act of buying.
Q3) Rather than selling someone on the price of a $150 000 Mercedes Benz right off the bat,marketers find that getting agreement on a variable like colour or styling first helps.This relates to the ________ technique.
A) foot-in-the-door
B) cognitive association
C) brand strengthening
D) frame of reference
Q4) What is cognitive dissonance? Explain how it is relevant in a marketing context.
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Chapter 8: Attitude Change and Interactive Communications
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Q1) When advertising a water filter,the advertiser limited the amount of exposure per repetition and slightly varied the setting of the ads.This overcame the problem of:
A) habituation.
B) advertising fatigue.
C) exposure wear-out.
D) advertising wearout.
Q2) A former top American politician appears in an ad for Viagra.This is an example of:
A) reporting bias.
B) source credibility.
C) source attractiveness.
D) source bias.
Q3) Presenting an ad as if it were a drama,linking the viewer emotionally with a sensation from experiencing use of the product,is termed:
A) a metaphor.
B) experiential advertising.
C) transformational advertising.
D) psychodrama.
Q4) Identify the major elements of the traditional communications model.
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Chapter 9: Individual Decision Making
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Q1) Generally,search activity is greater when the purchase is important.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Alison has been given a free ticket to a dance performance.On the night of the performance,there is the threat of a transportation strike.Would Alison be likely to attempt to go or not,and would her decision be different if she had paid a high price for her ticket? Explain.
Q3) Shawna believes she is a practical consumer.She is always on the lookout for better ways to order her life and make housework easier.New products that promise to help with these work tasks catch her eye.However,she sometimes makes mistakes by buying products that do not deliver on their promises to do the work required.Considering the above description,Shawna could be prone to which of the following types of perceived risk?
A) functional
B) physical
C) social
D) consumptive
Q4) Identify three perspectives on decision making and describe them.
Q5) Explain the relationship between the evoked set,the inept set,and the inert set.
Q6) Explain prospect theory.
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Chapter 10: Buying and Disposing
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Q1) Anthony has purchased a rush ticket for a Montreal Canadiens hockey game.He arrives at his section (standing room only)and finds 100 people standing in a spot made for half that number.However,he is just happy to have been able to get into the arena.According to the text,this is most likely an example of:
A) crowding.
B) dissonance.
C) density.
D) reasonableness.
Q2) Which of the following product categories would have the strongest potential to be segmented by usage situations?
A) toilet paper
B) hard liquor
C) airline travel
D) furniture
Q3) From a shopping orientation perspective compare an economic shopper,a personalized shopper,and a recreational shopper.
Q4) What is meant by the term "transumer?"
Q5) Explain how mood as an antecedent state can influence consumer behaviour.
Q6) Give an example of the positive impact that co-consumers can have.
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Chapter 11: Group Influence and Social Media
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Q1) Why are larger groups less likely to maintain conformity than smaller groups?
Q2) Fear that a group will punish behaviour that differs from that of the group is not a factor that increases conformity.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Sally has recently finished studying and taken up a new job in an office.She feels pressure from her co-workers to dress more formally now.What type pressure is she under?
Q4) Explain the concept of guerrilla marketing and give an illustration of how this promotion/communication technique might work.Be specific in your comments.
Q5) Use the concept of reactance to explain why independence and anticonformity are not the same thing.
Q6) Name two main advantages of home shopping parties from a sales perspective.
Q7) Explain the difference between legitimate power and expert power.
Q8) Why might John want to distance himself from a group of computer geeks at his school to the extent that he avoids buying the same clothing as they do?
Q9) What does social object theory suggest?
Q10) What is a reference group?
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Chapter 12: Income, Social Class, and Family Structure
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Q1) How does social class relate to consumer behaviour in the Middle East?
Q2) Which is the primary growing consumer market in the Middle East at present?
A) sports cars
B) menswear fashion
C) designer ladies underwear
D) western luxury fashion brands
Q3) The family life cycle concept is particularly useful to marketers because:
A) it helps to re-affirm traditional family values.
B) the focus on long-term changes in family priorities helps to predict demand for specific product categories over time.
C) marketers too often overlook families in favour of younger individual consumers.
D) it recognizes the increasing number of women in the work force.
Q4) Jackie is a wage earner in her house.Her husband,Ed,also works but is able to take two days off a week to look after their two young preschool children.In Canada,is this a common or unusual scenario?
Q5) What are the major components of social class?
Q6) How does social class differ across different cultures?
Q7) What are status symbols and what role do they play in a consumer context?
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Chapter 13: Subcultures
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Q1) Sam is teasing his mother for being nostalgic over 'the good old days.' He says it is due to her age.Is he right?
Q2) Mixed martial arts enthusiasts,Trekkies,and rally car enthusiasts are all members of
A) subcultures
B) microcultures
C) online communities
D) consumer groups
Q3) What is a multigenerational marketing strategy?
Q4) The term "baby boom echo" is used by marketers to refer to:
A) children born between 1947 and 1966.
B) children of baby boomers.
C) the yuppies' children.
D) those children who will be born around 2000, at the turn of the century.
Q5) You have been asked to design a scale that measures the impact of nostalgia on individual consumers.List five items that you would include in the scale.
Q6) Explain the difference between a low-context and a high-context culture.Which is more prevalent in Canadian society?
Q7) What products or services may especially benefit from the surging grey market?
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Chapter 14: Cultural Influences on Consumer Behaviour
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Q1) Consumers who don't base purchase decisions on a brand's global attributes are referred to as:
A) global citizens.
B) antiglobals.
C) global agnostics.
D) global sceptics.
Q2) What is a cross-cultural analysis?
Q3) In China,Cadbury Schweppes makes its Cadbury milk chocolate less milky and less sweet than in North American markets.This reflects paying attention to a:
A) ritual.
B) superstition.
C) food culture.
D) implicit belief.
Q4) A cultural system can be said to consist of three functioning areas.What does the ideology component refer to?
Q5) You are opening a western fast food franchise in India.Based on the recent experiences of McDonalds,what products might you choose to avoid,or major in,and why?
Q6) What is the notion of worldview and why is it important to global brands?
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Chapter 15: The Creation and Diffusion of Culture
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Q1) Jamie waits to buy a Blu-ray player until more than half of the population has already adopted the technology,mostly because he is skeptical of new technologies and is waiting for the price to fall.He is best categorized as a member of the:
A) innovators.
B) late adopters.
C) late majority.
D) laggards.
Q2) What is the throughput sector?
Q3) Fallon was the son of a very wealthy banker from Connecticut.The first time Fallon saw an artist on MTV wearing a polished bicycle chain around his neck,he knew he had to get an item like that for himself.Fallon's behaviour would best be explained as a ________ theory of fashion.
A) trickle-down
B) trickle-up
C) trickle-across
D) trickle-skipping
Q4) What is a discontinuous innovation?
Q5) Explain the concept of reality engineering and give an example.
Q6) What is cultural selection?
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