Edgar received a text message from Groupon this morning, letting him know about an opportunity to take a series of five horseback riding lessons at a nearby stable for $199, a value of $400. Edgar has always wanted to try horseback riding, so he bought the Groupon. The Groupon first affected Edgar in the stage, as the Groupon highlighted the difference between his ideal and actual states. a. problem recognition b. information search c. alternative evaluation d. postpurchase behavior e. purchase decision

The correct option is letter A. problem recognition.

Explanation:

Problem recognition is the process a consumer undergoes to recognize a need, a want, or a problem. In other words, the consumer realizes there is a difference between his actual state and his desired state. Such realization can come from stimuli such as hunger, tiredness, thirst, etc. - internal stimuli. It can also be caused by external stimuli. In Edgar's case, the external stimulus was the discount offered. He may have never felt the need to take horseback riding lessons, but he was urged by the lower price.

the speech this question is referring to is president kennedy's special message to the congress on urgent national needs, may 25, 1961

kennedy responds in a very direct and concrete way to those thinking that communism is a positive system:

"yet their aggression is more often concealed than open. they have fired no missiles; and their troops are seldom seen. they send arms, agitators, aid, technicians and propaganda to every troubled area. but where fighting is required, it is usually done by others--by guerrillas striking at night, by assassins striking alone--assassins who have taken the lives of four thousand civil officers in the last twelve months in vietnam alone--by subversives and saboteurs and insurrectionists, who in some cases control whole areas inside of independent nations." (kennedy)

president kennedy presents communism as cowardly, as a hidden and treacherous weapon that strikes from the shadows like thieves, he represents the system as not even being capable of showing and open and overt attack or confrontation. to finish up the response, he expresses that the system attacks even a country's idependence and freedom.

the correct answer is a.a peer