Glossary C
Glossary C
The term "consumption" refers to the process of acquiring, using, and disposing of goods and services, often driven by psychological, emotional, and social factors. It encompasses how individuals make choices about what to buy and consume, how they use those products or services, and the emotional and cognitive processes that influence these decisions. Consumption behaviors can vary widely among individuals and are influenced by factors such as personal values, beliefs, culture, and societal influences.
Contact is a term used in criminal justice that refers to an investigator who maintains contact with the undercover officer. Contact may also be defined as the relationship between a person and others. Contact involves a person's feeling of connection with others or the world outside herself/himself while maintaining separation from it.
Contact hypothesis refers to the prediction that contact between the members of different groups will reduce intergroup conflict ; that regular interaction between members of different groups reduces prejudice, providing that it occurs under favorable conditions. Moreover, Contact hypothesis is the idea that exposure to members of an out-group will produce more favorable attitudes toward that group
Contactful interactions is defined as interactions that are open to the other's point of view and clearly express the speaker's point of view.