Today, the high sales of popular consumer goods reflect the power of advertising and not their real needs of the society in which they are sold.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
It is tempting to believe that sales of commodities are only indicative of the effectiveness of advertising, rather than consumers' genuine needs. I disagree with this plausible argument.
Some note that consumers have an impulse to buy things that appeal to them but are of little use. Yet this applies only to some people and is only true to some extent. How people think and act is a far more complicated issue and requires close examination. In fact, most people are rational individuals, on which the discipline of economics is based. Some consumption behaviors seem to be swayed by the magic of advertising, but underlying the behaviors is complex decision making, and advertising only constitutes part of the incentive. After all, money is hard-earned for the majority of people, and they are budget-conscious when it comes to whether to purchase an item or not.
The definition of "real needs" may be just as intricate as consumer psychology. Consumption is a personal matter, and only individuals can distinguish between what they need and what they do not. A four-digit luxury handbag, for example, may not be widely and appropriately considered a real need, but for individual buyers, it undoubtedly is. It is useful both practically and psychologically. It satisfies an owner's emotional yearning for a high-end hand-crafted bag that is itself characteristic of craftsmanship and excellence. What is more likely, therefore, is that advertising simply helps shoppers validate their purchase decision.
In conclusion, I believe advertising does provide us with an insight into people's real needs, no matter how unlikely this seems.
- Some psychologists now believe studying the behaviour of 3-year old children can predict that some children will grow up to be criminals. To what extent do you believe that crime is a product of human nature? What can be done to solve this problem? 78
- Some people want government to spend money on life on other planets. However, others think it is a waste of public money when the earth already has so many problems. Discuss both views and give you own opinion. 73
- The graph shows the spending on research into renewable energy of four countries from 1975 to 2000. 78
- Some people want government to spend money on life on other planets However others think it is a waste of public money when the earth already has so many problems Discuss both views and give you own opinion 82
- Many people think that the government should spend money to explore the outer space, while others believe that it is a waste of public money. Discuss both views and include your own opinion. 56
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 419, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'an owner' or simply 'owners'?
Suggestion: an owner; owners
...cally and psychologically. It satisfies an owners emotional yearning for a high-end hand-...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, may, so, therefore, after all, for example, in conclusion, in fact, what is more
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 13.1623246493 144% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 7.85571142285 64% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 10.4138276553 144% => OK
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 24.0651302605 91% => OK
Preposition: 27.0 41.998997996 64% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 8.3376753507 72% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1398.0 1615.20841683 87% => OK
No of words: 261.0 315.596192385 83% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.35632183908 5.12529762239 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.0193898071 4.20363070211 96% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.27059467624 2.80592935109 117% => OK
Unique words: 163.0 176.041082164 93% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.624521072797 0.561755894193 111% => OK
syllable_count: 444.6 506.74238477 88% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 5.43587174349 110% => OK
Interrogative: 2.0 0.384769539078 520% => Less interrogative sentences wanted.
Article: 2.0 2.52805611222 79% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 0.809619238477 741% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 20.2975951904 84% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 38.2713121454 49.4020404114 77% => OK
Chars per sentence: 93.2 106.682146367 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.4 20.7667163134 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.66666666667 7.06120827912 80% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 3.4128256513 176% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.176725529541 0.244688304435 72% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0498385867179 0.084324248473 59% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0432315507115 0.0667982634062 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0927405069893 0.151304729494 61% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0517877777085 0.056905535591 91% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 13.0946893788 95% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.76 50.2224549098 91% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.3001002004 98% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.51 12.4159519038 109% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.5 8.58950901804 111% => OK
difficult_words: 83.0 78.4519038076 106% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 9.78957915832 72% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.1190380762 87% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 67.4157303371 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.0 Out of 9
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