Question

Before purchasing a car, John sought advice from his friends and researched auto reviews on the Internet. He also visited car dealers and went for a test-drive. In which of the following stages of the consumer decision-making process is John engaged?

Multiple Choice

A. internal information search

B. external information search

C. postpurchase evaluation

D. problem recognition

E. evoked set manipulation

Answer 1

Option B External Information Research

Step-by-step explanation:

John has researched about the car from external resources because asking a friend, researching auto reviews online, visiting car dealers and going for a test drive all constitutes to external sources of infromation. External source of information is dependent on the knowledge of the external sources and thier evaluation criteria.