Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 36 to 40.
The process of sorting through the various global trends on offer and determining which best aligns with Vietnamese identity is inevitably complex and individual personality traits will determine the eventual decision. Some youths undertake a process of extensive cultural evaluation, in which information is sought about a series of foreign lifestyles, (36) ______. Other youngsters with no patience to explore a variety of cultural choices (37) ______, for the sake of their own convenience rather than trying to guarantee that they adopt the most suitable one. This is known as limited cultural processing.
Many locals engage in routinised traditional behaviour, in which their daily customs change relatively little over time. (38) ______. Also, some generations who have been content with a particular local festival or traditional craft in the past may opt for the exact same experience again.
Finally, some youths will embrace foreign pop culture on impulse. (39) ______. It is, in fact, a pattern of behaviour that is becoming increasingly prevalent — to the dismay of cultural educators, who then have less scope for forward planning and reduced opportunities to gain from promoting deep-rooted heritage in the short term. (40) ______, particularly when “stagnant traditions” need to be revitalised at short notice through sudden viral global phenomena.
(Source: Synthesized and localized from consumer decision-making models in Holloway and Humphreys’ The Business of Tourism, with additional ideas from studies on Vietnamese youth identity in the context of globalization and digital transformation)