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    Utilarian Needs

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    and my goal (owns a notebook)‚ by buying it. The motivation I had then resulted from my needs‚ both utilarian and hedonic. On the one hand‚ utilarian need implies my attention towards to objective and tangible attributes of the products. My utilarian need was the necessity of using the laptop to do homework‚ paperwork and presentations. On the other hand‚ there also existed a hedonic need‚ which was due to my subjective and emotional responses to the product and to

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    A Research Report on Consumer Preferences for Traditional Vs Online Shopping Business Research Methods School of Business Submitted to: Submitted by: Abhishek Dutta Mudassir Hasan Khan Faculty LPU

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    Bicycle ergometers‚ Cross trainers ... * Steppers‚ Vibration platforms * Treadmills * Rowing machines with ergometers * Exercise pulleys‚ Exercise wheels ... * Exercise balls‚ Exercise cushions‚ Exercise mats * Exercise bands‚ Exercise ropes‚ Exercise plates * Hospital wards‚ Hosting * Medical pillows | * Cardiac and cardio-pulmonary stress test equipment * Treadmill ergometer JOG NOW * Exercise bicycle (rehabilitation) BIKE IFI *

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    featuring the award-winning singer. The first ad features Swift preparing for a jog on her treadmill. She puts on headphones and uses her phone to turn on the song “Jumpman” by Drake and Future. The rap song begins to play as she starts her run‚ and Swift begins to rap the song enthusiastically. With her arms flailing‚ she raps her way through half of the first verse. In mid-stride‚ she falls torso-first onto the treadmill as the belt carries her to the floor. Another ad featuring Swift was released on April

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    happiness for the most people. However‚ the possible consequences of different actions must be measured clearly to establish which option generates the most pleasure and the least pain. To measure the results‚ Bentham proposed the hedonic calculus. 3. The hedonic calculus The hedonic calculus weighs up the pain and pleasure generated by the available moral actions to find the best option. It considers seven factors: 1. Its intensity. 2. Its duration. 3. Its certainty or uncertainty. 4. Its propinquity

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    of utilitarianism determines the rightness or wrongness of an action by its consequence. The theory uses a teleological approach where it primarily focuses on the amount of pain or pleasure created as the result of a given action. As such‚ it moves beyond the scope of one’s own interests and takes into account the interests of others. Utilitarianism is a relativist system of which most versions do not set out fixed rules to follow and are quite flexible. The main founders of the theory are Jeremy

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    The Hedonic Calculus would seem to support the community over the individual in certain‚ less extreme cases‚ but in situations such as rape‚ the moral choice is always the right one‚ no matter how many people are involved. Although an immoral act will always

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    | Psychology FinalStudy online at quizlet.com/_35hd9 | 1.3-15 seconds: According to research on the human sexual response pattern‚ an orgasm lasts for about ____. 2.Absolute threshold: You are studying in your dorm room‚ but your neighbor is blasting the television in the adjacent room. When you gently request that your neighbor turn the volume down until you cannot hear it‚ you are asking your neighbor to make the volume less than your ____. 3.Affectionate love: When individuals desire to have

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    should take actions as right or wrong as a given‚ but should use empirical evidence to work out their effect and subsequently conclude on its appropriateness. Bentham’s empirical method of finding out whether the action is worthwhile was to use the Hedonic Calculus‚ a process of assessment which gauges the act’s outcome in several categories‚ such as its certainty‚ purity or extent. Natural Law is another example of the diversity between Utilitarian and Christian ethical attitudes. Although it teaches

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    The below explains the equipment usage in details that was used to perform the test: 1. Treadmill must have the ability to reach at least 12km/hour to fulfil modified Bruce intermittent protocol. Figure 2 - Treadmill   2. Polar watch with Heart Rate Monitor to indicate beats per minute (bpm). Figure 3 – Polar watch FT7 3. Heart rate monitor chest belt strap to deliver electrocardiogram (EKG) readings. Figure 4 – Chest belt strap 4. Stopwatch to follow the timing of the modified Bruce

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