In which type of motivational conflict must a consumer choose between two attractive alternatives group of answer choices?

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The Consumer and His Alternatives: An Experimental Approach

Journal of Marketing Research

Vol. 3, No. 1 (Feb., 1966)

, pp. 62-67 (6 pages)

Published By: Sage Publications, Inc.

https://doi.org/10.2307/3149436

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3149436

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Abstract

Results of two laboratory experiments indicate that the number of choices involved in a purchase decision influences the consumer's decision process. The Taylor experiment suggests that as the number of items involved in the decision increases, the consumer becomes less sensitive to changes in these items. The Anderson experiment suggests that consumers will experience a greater degree of dissonance reduction, the greater the number of items in the decision.

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