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O impress her friends, laura wears an expensive designer dress to a party. a sociologist might say laura is engaging in ________

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The answer is conspicuous consumption. Conspicuous consumption is when someone purposely spends money on lavish items for the sole purpose of impressing someone or raising their social status.
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