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    Much research has been devoted to investigating what motivates consumers to try new products. Previous consumer research suggests that both the price of a new product and the way it is advertised
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    affect consumers’ perceptions of the product’s performance risk (the possibility that the product will not function as consumers expect and/or will not provide the desired benefits). Some of this research has concluded that a relatively high price will reduce
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    a consumer’s perception of the performance risk associated with purchasing a particular product, while other studies have reported that price has little or no effect on perceived performance risk. These conflicting findings may simply be due to the nature
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    of product advertisements: a recent study indicates that the presentation of an advertised message has a marked effect on the relationship between price and perceived performance risk.

    Researchers have identified consumers’ perception
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    of the credibility of the source of an advertised message—i.e., the manufacturer—as another factor affecting perceived performance risk: one study found that the greater the source credibility, the lower the consumer’s perception of the risk of purchasing
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    an advertised new product. However, past research suggests that the relationship between source credibility and perceived performance risk may be more complex: source credibility may interact with price in a subtle way to affect consumers’ judgments
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    of the performance risk associated with an advertise product.

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1. According to the passage, the studies referred to in line 12 reported which of the following about the effect of price on consumers’ perception of the performance risk associated with a new product?

A. Although most consumers regard price as an important factor, their perception of the performance risk associated with a new product is ultimately determined by the manufacturer’s reputation.

B. Price interacts with the presentation of an advertised message to affect perceived performance risk.

C. Price does not significantly affect consumers’ perception of the performance risk associated with a new product.

D. Consumers tend to regard price as more important than the manufacturer’s credibility when they are buying from that manufacturer for the first time.

E. Consumers are generally less concerned about a new product’s performance risk when that product is relatively expensive.


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2. The “past research” mentioned in line 25 suggests which of the following about perceived performance risk?

A. The more expensive a new product is, the more likely consumers may be to credit advertised claims about that product.

B. The more familiar consumers are with a particular manufacturer, the more willing they may be to assume some risk in the purchase of a new product being advertised by that manufacturer.

C. Consumers’ perception of the performance risk associated with a new product being advertised may be influenced by an interplay between the product’s price and the manufacturer’s credibility.

D. Consumers may be more likely to believe that a product will function as it is advertised to do when they have bought products from a particular manufacturer before.

E. The price of a particular advertised product may have less impact than the manufacturer’s credibility on consumers’ assessment of the performance risk associated with that product.


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3. The passage is primarily concerned with

A. challenging the implications of previous research into why consumers try new products

B. suggesting new marketing strategies for attracting consumers to new products

C. reconciling two different views about the effect of price on consumers’ willingness to try new products

D. describing a new approach to researching why consumers try new products

E. discussing certain findings regarding why consumers try new products


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4. Which of the following, if true, would most tend to weaken the conclusions drawn from “some of this research” (see line 8)?

A. In a subsequent study, consumers who were asked to evaluate new products with relatively low prices had the same perception of the products’ performance risk as did consumers who were shown the same products priced more expensively.

B. In a subsequent study, the quality of the advertising for the products that consumers perceived as having a lower performance risk was relatively high, while the quality of the advertising for the products that consumers perceived as having a higher performance risk was relatively poor.

C. In a subsequent study, the products that consumers perceived as having a lower performance risk were priced higher than the highest priced products in the previous research.

D. None of the consumers involved in this research had ever before bought products from the manufacturers involved in the research.

E. Researchers found that the higher the source credibility for a product, the more consumers were willing to pay for it.



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Re: Much research has been devoted to investigating what motivates consume [#permalink] New post   25 Nov 2017, 17:32
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I have taken 2mins to read, comprehend and write the point of the passage.

I took
135secs- 1st Q - Wrong
110secs- 2nd Q - Right
80secs-3nd Q - Right
130secs-4th Q -Right

This is how I solved this Qs

Q1: I did this wrong, so below is the analysis of my research.

This is a specific Question. To solve any specific Question, there is a clean two-step process exists IMO
Step1: Know the context: It points out line #12. After reading What I comprehend is that other studies claim that Price has nothing to do with perceived performance risk. Simple and sweet.

Step2: Match step1's comprehension with answer choices
A- Nowhere in the entire passage that I read there is something about reputation, I read something about credibility, but nothing about reputation. Moreover, this is no way related to context given by the Q - Eliminated
B- Note. 'Presentation' is at the end of the passage. No related to the context - Eliminated
D- 'Credibility' game is in the second paragraph. - Eliminated

Devil options: C Vs D:
C-This choice matches my comprehension. - Correct
E- This is a sucker answer for people who won't follow rules. If you read only Line#12, you can directly tell is not that is in context. But Sophomaniac like me read line #11 and ticks this the right answer. BUT this is a right answer to a different Q.

Take away: Even Q gives a clear context to search in the passage, always stick to the context.

Q2: This is Specific Q again
Step1: Reading the line #25 and I can understand that (Source Credibility + Price ) --- Effect--> Consumer's perception
Step2: Hunting time:

A- It is a crap choice because it is mixing the relation by saying Price---Push---Consumer--->Credit the advertised product -Eliminated
B- See this choice tells that knowing manufacturer---> Consumer's perception. Two things to see, there is a Price component missing in the equation and moreover test maker make a trap by implying Familiar = credibility, which is not. Everyone knows apple but not all think it is a credible branch.
C- Well it tells exactly the step1's comprehension - So, it is correct
D- it is some way some as B, familiar --> Consumer's perception -- Eliminated
E- it says that Price ---> Consumer's perception - it is missing the Source credibility component in the equation - Kill it



Q3: Primary purpose Q
This is how I play with Primary purpose Q
A- Poor author is challenging on one - Eliminated
B- No author is not suggesting anything, because I didn't read anything of this sort "Do this, Do that, this is better than that, this is bad".No other did not do that-- Eliminated
C- Reconciling views, NO. The author mentioned all the research finding politely but did not reconcile/merge any finding. _ Eliminated
D - All the passage is filled with boring research finding, no approach is discussed - Eliminated
E - See, frankly speaking, I don't find this choice 100% cool. Because it says the discussing findings WHY consumers try new products. While the whole passage speaks about WHAT effects consumers' perception. But it is better than other choices.

Q4: This is the first time I'm seeing a weaken Q in RC. But I love CR Qs all the time.
Context is line #8: it says that Some researchers concluded that if the product is sold at high price, people will be less skeptic about the product. Like everyone feels safe to invest $1000 for an iPhone.
Strategy in Mind: As it is a weaken Q, I have to prove that High price is not a factor in reducing skepticism of a consumer.

A- It says that consumer responded the same way when showed the same product with high price and low price tags - Correct, it will prove that the High price is not a factor in consumers' perception
B- Who the heck is talking about advertising now, out of context. Kill it and move on because we have a better option already in the queue. So you can be little harsh on choices
C- This is kind of supporting the Line#8 - Old school games played by test makers - ELiminated
D- The first word 'NONE' kind of turned on the Red bulb in my head- Too extreme. Moreover, we are talking about perception, no way buying is in the game- Eliminated
E- This is again pointing to buying, which is out of the context - ELiminated.

I hope this analysis help you. If you find anything wrong above, please correct me, LEARNING MATTERS.
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hi experts~
we can see the 3rd question's explain on OG(main idea): "it then defines one such motivating factor-perception of performance risk."
i just want to ask why…plzzz

Keep in mind that the explanations in the OG books aren't written by the same people who develop the questions, and the quality of the explanations varies greatly.

To answer broad questions like #3, first break down the passage as a whole to determine the purpose of each paragraph:

Paragraph 1
  • First, the author introduces a topic of research: "what motivates consumers to try new products."
  • Then, the author describes two studies about this topic. These studies conflict with one another regarding how price impacts consumers.
  • Finally, the author proposes an explanation for the conflicting studies: differences in product advertisements.

Paragraph 2
  • The author provides further detail about studies that investigate advertisements.
  • The author discusses research that show the relationship between price and advertisements to be subtle and complex.

Overall, the author is primarily concerned with introducing a topic of study and exploring the research about that topic.

Which answer choice captures this primary concern?
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A. challenging the implications of previous research into why consumers try new products

The author doesn't challenge any of the research. Instead, he/she just presents a bunch of different research findings.

(A) is out.

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B. suggesting new marketing strategies for attracting consumers to new products

The author doesn't actually suggest any particular marketing strategies -- he/she presents research that links advertising to consumer choices, but doesn't advocate any new strategies.

Eliminate (B).

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C. reconciling two different views about the effect of price on consumers’ willingness to try new products

Price is ONE of the factors that the author discusses, but he/she isn't MORE concerned about price than advertisements. He/she is interested in the effect of BOTH price and advertisements on consumer choice. So, it isn't quite right to say that the author is primarily concerned with price.

In addition, while the author does say that there is conflict between two studies of price, he/she doesn't put too much effort into reconciling those two views. At the end of the first paragraph, the author mentions one possible resolution -- but then he/she undermines that resolution by presenting a more subtle and complex picture in the second paragraph. Overall, the author is more interested in presenting a bunch of research, not in reconciling two different views.

(C) is out.

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D. describing a new approach to researching why consumers try new products

The author doesn't describe a NEW approach to researching this topic. Instead, he/she discusses a bunch of research that has already been done.

Get rid of (D).

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E. discussing certain findings regarding why consumers try new products

Here we go! The author discusses a bunch of different studies that explore this topic.

(E) is the correct answer to question 3.

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Re: Much research has been devoted to investigating what motivates consume [#permalink] New post   16 Aug 2016, 08:34
Much research has been devoted to investigating
what motivates consumers to try new products.
Previous consumer research suggests that both the
price of a new product and the way it is advertised
affect consumers’ perceptions of the product’s
performance risk (the possibility that the product will
not function as consumers expect and/or will not
provide the desired benefits). Some of this research
has concluded that a relatively high price will reduce
a consumer’s perception of the performance risk
associated with purchasing a particular product,
while other studies have reported that price has little
or no effect on perceived performance risk. These
conflicting findings may simply be due to the nature
of product advertisements:a recent study indicates
that the presentation of an advertised message has a
marked effect on the relationship between price and
perceived performance risk.
Researchers have identified consumers’ perception
of the credibility of the source of an advertised
message—i.e., the manufacturer—as another factor
affecting perceived performance risk: one study
found that the greater the source credibility, the lower
the consumer’s perception of the risk of purchasing
an advertised new product. However, past research
suggests that the relationship between source
credibility and perceived performance risk may be
more complex: source credibility may interact with
price in a subtle way to affect consumers’ judgments
of the performance risk associated with an advertised
product.

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**Can anyone please confirm if there is any opinion in this passage? I consider the highlighted part as an opinion by the passage JarvisR MBAPrepCoach @
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Re: Much research has been devoted to investigating what motivates consume [#permalink] New post   04 Sep 2016, 11:04
Keats wrote:
Much research has been devoted to investigating
what motivates consumers to try new products.
Previous consumer research suggests that both the
price of a new product and the way it is advertised
affect consumers’ perceptions of the product’s
performance risk (the possibility that the product will
not function as consumers expect and/or will not
provide the desired benefits). Some of this research
has concluded that a relatively high price will reduce
a consumer’s perception of the performance risk
associated with purchasing a particular product,
while other studies have reported that price has little
or no effect on perceived performance risk. These
conflicting findings may simply be due to the nature
of product advertisements:a recent study indicates
that the presentation of an advertised message has a
marked effect on the relationship between price and
perceived performance risk.
Researchers have identified consumers’ perception
of the credibility of the source of an advertised
message—i.e., the manufacturer—as another factor
affecting perceived performance risk: one study
found that the greater the source credibility, the lower
the consumer’s perception of the risk of purchasing
an advertised new product. However, past research
suggests that the relationship between source
credibility and perceived performance risk may be
more complex: source credibility may interact with
price in a subtle way to affect consumers’ judgments
of the performance risk associated with an advertised
product.

_____________

**Can anyone please confirm if there is any opinion in this passage? I consider the highlighted part as an opinion by the passage JarvisR MBAPrepCoach @

In the highlighted text, the author is trying to resolve the conflict, using the result of another study.
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Re: Much research has been devoted to investigating what motivates consume [#permalink] New post   29 Jun 2017, 03:20
Hello GMATNinja, experts, and members

I have been working on RC passages for some time now but my accuracy is stuck between 30% to 50%. I need your advice on how to improve my RC notes and how to increase my accuracy in RC passages.

Passage notes:
Passage 1: Research: What motivates consumers to try new products.

Previous research: *Price and *How it's advertised (*important )
These two shape the perception.

Greater price = lesser perception of risk

While (contrast): other research - Price not that important
Reason: Nature of product ads.

Passage 2: One more factor: Manufacturer
However (contrast)- Past research says this relationship is more complex.


415. C
416. C
417. C
418. B


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Re: Much research has been devoted to investigating what motivates consume [#permalink] New post   26 Jul 2017, 06:36
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Experts please advise why answer choice E is incorrect in Question 1.
The meaning of the answer choices C & E are same...
E says consumers are less concerned about risk when the price of product is high which is given in the passage "high price will reduce
a consumer’s perception of the performance risk associated with purchasing a particular product"
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Re: Much research has been devoted to investigating what motivates consume [#permalink] New post   31 Jul 2017, 19:13
Passage wrote:
    ...provide the desired benefits). Some of this research
    has concluded that a relatively high price will reduce
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    a consumer’s perception of the performance risk
    associated with purchasing a particular product,
    while other studies have reported that price has little
    or no effect on perceived performance risk.    These
    conflicting findings may simply be due to the nature


Q: According to the passage, the studies referred to in line 12reported which of the following about the effect of price on consumers’ perception of the performance risk associated with a new product?

The study being referred to explains: Price has little or no effect on perceived risk. This means, price may have effect or may not, and if it does have effect, then it is not more than little. That is the effect of price in risk perception is not significant enough to take into consideration.

With this understanding:

tapasgupta wrote:
Experts please advise why answer choice E is incorrect in Question 1.
The meaning of the answer choices C & E are same...
E says consumers are less concerned about risk when the price of product is high which is given in the passage "high price will reduce
a consumer’s perception of the performance risk associated with purchasing a particular product"


Firstly, both C and E do not mean the same.

C. Price does not significantly affect consumers’ perception of the performance risk associated with a new product. This is what we discussed above in passage understanding stage. This is correct
E. Consumers are generally less concerned about a new product’s performance risk when that product is relatively expensive.So where is it mentioned that consumers are generally less concerned when the product is expensive? passage says that consumers are generally less concerned about performance risk, no matter what the price is as price plays little role in building that perception. Study in line 12 doesn't talk about expensive or cheap products.

Secondly, the sentence you referring to "high price will reduce.." is line 9. You are simply looking into wrong line and therefore, wrong study.

I hope I helped :)
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Re: Much research has been devoted to investigating what motivates consume [#permalink] New post   31 Jul 2017, 19:19
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JarvisR wrote:
9 mins.All correct. let me know if there are any queries.


could you explain why not E in the first question?


The study in line 12 says: Price has little or no effect on perceived risk. Price may or may not have effect on perceived risk, and if it does have effect, then it is little. That is the effect of price in risk perception is not significant enough to take into consideration.
This effectively implies that the price of the product, expensive or cheap, doesn't really matter to the consumer. But E contradicts this by saying Expensive products are generally considered less concerning by the consumers.

E says:
Consumers are generally less concerned about a new product’s performance risk when that product is relatively expensive
We can't conclude whether consumers are less concerned when the product is expensive.

Cleared the doubt?
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Re: Much research has been devoted to investigating what motivates consume [#permalink] New post   25 Feb 2018, 14:23
Question 418 states which would “weaken the conclusions” as in plural conclusions referenced in line 8. Choice A definitely weekend the first conclusion. However the second conclusion in that line states that “studies have reported that price has little or no effect on perceived performance risk”. I don’t see how choice A weakens the second conclusion. Choice seems to be demonstrating exactly what the second conclusion states rather than weakening it.

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Re: Much research has been devoted to investigating what motivates consume [#permalink] New post   21 Aug 2018, 01:49
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Can someone explain why Q3 is E and not A?


First lets look at the structure of the passage:
Topic: factors affecting y consumers try new products
P1: (the main idea is right in the first sentence) what motivates ppl to try new products
Previous research states sth -> some conclude sth, others report sth else -> Reason to resolve the conflict
P2: another factor - credibility
However, sth
Author's pov: these conflicting findings...
Tone: neutral/indifferent/disinterest

I'm sure B,C,D are easy to be eliminated. Choice A is tempting because it pertains to 'why consumers try new products', but the first part is incorrect because first of all it does not 'challenge' anything, it simply lists down all the research & their findings; secondly the 'implications of previous research' is not mentioned in the passage. Say, if I were to write an outline for this answer, I would begin with introducing the previous research, then their implications and start asking some questions regarding those implications. I would even go further by addressing my point of view that hey I'm not sure your implications are cool enough & blah blah (of course GMAT's tone is mostly neutral, I'm just giving an example :)
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Re: Much research has been devoted to investigating what motivates consume [#permalink] New post   14 Oct 2018, 11:20
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Can someone explain why Q3 is E and not A?


A is Incorrect – Nowhere in the passage have any findings been challenged or questioned, even when there is a conflict between them. Rather the conflict has been explained.

E is correct as the passage discusses the factors as indicated by various researches, that influence a consumer’s decision to try out a new advertised product.
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Re: Much research has been devoted to investigating what motivates consume [#permalink] New post   10 Mar 2019, 16:23
I am trying to figure out why choice E is not valid on the second question.
The passage says: "source credibility may interact with price in a subtle way to affect consumers’ judgments"
Can it not be inferred that the price is the smaller variable in the equation than the source credibility?
How do you know that this research is telling that price and source credibility are equally responsible?
Choice C would've made a great choice if the passage didn't have the word "subtle".

Does it make sense? Or am I overthinking this?
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I am trying to figure out why choice E is not valid on the second question.
The passage says: "source credibility may interact with price in a subtle way to affect consumers’ judgments"
Can it not be inferred that the price is the smaller variable in the equation than the source credibility?
How do you know that this research is telling that price and source credibility are equally responsible?
Choice C would've made a great choice if the passage didn't have the word "subtle".

Does it make sense? Or am I overthinking this?
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Take another look at the exact wording of the relevant piece of the passage:
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past research suggests that the relationship between source credibility and perceived performance risk may be more complex: source credibility may interact with price in a subtle way to affect consumers’ judgments of the performance risk associated with an advertised product.

From this, we know that the "past research" suggests that two factors (source credibility and price) interact with each other in a "subtle way," and that this interaction affects consumers' judgments about performance risk.

Question #2 asks us what this "past research" suggests about perceived performance risk.

Now take another look at answer choice (E):
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E. The price of a particular advertised product may have less impact than the manufacturer’s credibility on consumers’ assessment of the performance risk associated with that product.

As explained above, the "past research" shows that source credibility and price interact with each other and that this interaction affects consumers' perception about performance risk. However, it does not suggest that price has less impact than source credibility.

In your analysis, you asked "How do you know that this research is telling that price and source credibility are equally responsible?" We actually don't know that they are equally responsible -- with only the information in the passage, either of the two factors could be more responsible, or they could be equally responsible. However, to eliminate (E) we don't need to prove that they are equally responsible. We just need to show that the "past research" doesn't specifically suggest that price has less impact than the manufacturer's credibility. For this reason, (E) is out.

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C. Consumers’ perception of the performance risk associated with a new product being advertised may be influenced by an interplay between the product’s price and the manufacturer’s credibility.

This answer choice closely mirrors the wording in the passage. The word "subtle" in the passage just gives additional information about the exact nature of the interaction between the two factors. The research definitely suggests that consumers' perception of performance risk may be influenced by an interplay between price and the credibility of the manufacturer, so (C) is our answer for question #2.

I hope this helps!
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Re: Much research has been devoted to investigating what motivates consume [#permalink] New post   04 Jun 2019, 14:42
2:30 mins to read the passage
7 mins to solve overall.
Last question alone took 2 mins to solve
All correct
Still not a great performance from my side
A 30 line passage should take no more than 1:45 to read
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Re: Much research has been devoted to investigating what motivates consume [#permalink] New post   19 Apr 2020, 12:13
GMATNinja For the question 4, I chose E since I thought that the source credibility for a product is something else (another cause) that reduces a customer's perception of the performance risk associated with purchasing a produce. Hence, this choice could also weaken the conclusion as well. (I assumed that "the more customers were willing to pay for it" means lower performance risk since customer tends to buy a product with lower performance risk.)
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Re: Much research has been devoted to investigating what motivates consume [#permalink] New post   20 Apr 2020, 00:45
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GMATNinja For the question 4, I chose E since I thought that the source credibility for a product is something else (another cause) that reduces a customer's perception of the performance risk associated with purchasing a produce. Hence, this choice could also weaken the conclusion as well. (I assumed that "the more customers were willing to pay for it" means lower performance risk since customer tends to buy a product with lower performance risk.)


Hi Nonktp,

For weakening questions, first try to understand the conclusion that we have to weaken.
Hence refer below statement from passage.

"Some of this research has concluded that a relatively high price will reduce a consumer’s perception of the performance risk associated with purchasing a particular product."

Now in conclusion we are talking about high price and its effect on consumer perception of performance risk.

Lets look at option D "Researchers found that the higher the source credibility for a product, the more consumers were willing to pay for it."

Source credibility and high price are two different things. Even though source credibility is higher and consumer are willing to pay, we can't conclude on its effect on consumer perception. hence option D is not telling anything.

Look option A " In a subsequent study, consumers who were asked to evaluate new products with relatively low prices had the same perception of the products’ performance risk as did consumers who were shown the same products priced more expensively."

Here option A destroys the conclusion completely, if relatively low price and high price have same effect on perception,our conclusion is weakened.

Hope it helps! :)

Now in conclusion we are talking about high price and its effect on consumer perception of performance risk.
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Re: Much research has been devoted to investigating what motivates consume [#permalink] New post   05 May 2020, 04:42
tapasgupta wrote:
Experts please advise why answer choice E is incorrect in Question 1.
The meaning of the answer choices C & E are same...
E says consumers are less concerned about risk when the price of product is high which is given in the passage "high price will reduce
a consumer’s perception of the performance risk associated with purchasing a particular product"



I believe that there is very subtle meaning difference between C and E.
C talks about the perception of consumer which is clearly stated in the that particular theory whereas E talks about a step ahead, i.e. consumer's concern about buying an expensive product.
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Re: Much research has been devoted to investigating what motivates consume [#permalink] New post   20 Jun 2020, 08:13
sanjayparihar16 and tapasgupta : My take on the 1st question

According to the passage, the studies referred to in line 12 reported which of the following about the effect of price on consumers’ perception of the performance risk associated with a new product?

A. Although most consumers regard price as an important factor, their perception of the performance risk associated with a new product is ultimately determined by the manufacturer’s reputation.

B. Price interacts with the presentation of an advertised message to affect perceived performance risk.

C. Price does not significantly affect consumers’ perception of the performance risk associated with a new product.
--> This is talking about 'price' in general be it 'expensive' or 'less expensive'. So the product being 'expensive' or 'less expensive' does not affect the consumer's view of the product's performance risk.
D. Consumers tend to regard price as more important than the manufacturer’s credibility when they are buying from that manufacturer for the first time.

E. Consumers are generally less concerned about a new product’s performance risk when that product is relatively expensive.
--> In this answer choice, we really are just talking about consumers being less concerned when that product is 'expensive'. Do we know anything 'about their perception when the product is 'less expensive' from this statement? No. Hence this statement just covers one aspect while ignoring another.
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Re: Much research has been devoted to investigating what motivates consume [#permalink] New post   02 Jul 2020, 06:53
Some of this research has concluded that a relatively high price will reduce a consumer’s perception of the performance risk associated with purchasing a particular product, while other studies have reported that price has little or no effect on perceived performance risk.

Hi Experts, help~

The sentence (high price will reduce a consumer’s perception of the performance risk associated with purchasing a particular product)

The phrase (associated with purchasing a particular product) is modifying the noun "perception"?

If i ignore the preposition or phrases altogether. The sentence would become "high price will reduce a consumer’s perception"?

Please help to confirm my understanding. THanks~
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