The family life cycle concept refers to: a. the distinct phases a family progresses through from the birth of children to when the children leave home, each phase bringing with it identifiable purchasing behaviors.
b. the distinct phases an individual progresses through, from birth to marriage to having children to retirement, which each have identifiable purchasing behaviors.
c. the phases a blended family progresses through from marriage to separation, divorce, and remarriage, each phase bringing with it identifiable purchasing behaviors.
d. the distinct phases a family progresses through from formation to retirement, each with identifiable purchasing behaviors.
e. the intergenerational purchasing habits and product preferences that are passed down from one generation to the next.

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.