the answer is that consumer researchers have actually put this theory to empirical test in consumer contexts,while only
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the answer is that consumer researchers have actually put this theory to empirical test in consumer contexts,while only anecdotal effort,primarily within the advertising community,had been described for the Maslow theory of needs.
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答案是,消费者研究人员实际上已经把这个理论（应该就是指后文的马斯洛需求理论）运用于消费者各种不同背景的考查,而在广告界,马斯洛的需求理论只用于描述某些具体的事例.