The factors affecting the attention of an individual along with a temporary characteristics like time pressures or crowded stores are the ‘situational factors’.
<u>Explanation:</u>
Most individuals who are frequent buyers of commodities choose spending less time on the selection of commodities.
Such buyers prefer going with the stimuli that is provided by the packaging and the advertisement of the commodity.
Moreover, such buyers are also intrigued by the crowd in the stores or the time pressure being experienced by them at the given moment.
In the context of the ecological systems theory of development, the mesosystem involves the interactions of the various settings within the microsystem. For instance, the home and the school interact during parent-teacher conferences
It is important because knowing for yourself is much better than leaning on other people, or the internet for support. It would be very hard to have an opinion about something, or even have a conversation without having an understanding of it first.