Single choice · #348
A woman repeatedly posts photos of luxury restaurants, designer bags, and nightclub parties on a dating platform profile, saying she wants a partner who is steady, moderate, and responsible. After a while, most of the people who ask her out are those who seek excitement and flashy consumption. Which evaluation is the most accurate?
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Answer: A
- AThe content she displays is the opposite of the signals appreciated by her target group, a signal mismatch.✓ Correct. Steady, moderate people would judge that their lifestyles are incompatible with hers based on the displayed signals and may actively keep their distance; what is attracted is naturally the opposite type.
- BShe has the right to show her real life; the problem is that others are too judgmental.✗ Incorrect. One has the right to show one's life, but whether the goal is achieved depends on the match between the signals and the target audience; blaming judges evades the ineffectiveness of the means.
- CShe should hide her true hobbies and pretend to be frugal and plain to attract the target.✗ Incorrect. This turns the means into deception; even if it attracts the target in the short term, the relationship will be destroyed in the long run when the disguise collapses; it is not true consistency of goal and means.
- DPeople with an active nightlife can also be steady and responsible; it is her prejudice that is too deep.✗ Incorrect. This statement may be true in itself, but it does not explain why the people who actually ask her out are mostly flashy types; this option deviates from analyzing the relationship between her actions and her goal.
Explanation:The goal is to attract a steady and moderate partner, but the means are to display luxury consumption and nightlife. The external signals on a social platform filter out people who appreciate those signals, so she receives mostly responses from those seeking flashiness and immediate gratification. The correct option points out the specific mechanism of signal mismatch; the distractors obscure the divergence between action and goal through 'freedom of display,' 'disguising oneself,' and 'rebutting prejudice.'