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Consumer Behavior
Psychology, sociology, social psychology, cultural anthropology, economics
Psychology
study of the individual
Sociology
study of groups
Social Psychology
study of individuals within a group
Cultural Anthropology
traditions and cultures
Economics
how people spend resources and make decisions to maximize satisfaction
Stage 1: Problem Recognition
Actual state - where you are at any point in time; desired state - where you want to be
Stage 2 - Information Search
Internal vs. External
Internal Search
Scanning your memory, previous experience, something frequently used
External Search
Actively looking for information;
3 conditions: when past experience or knowledge is insufficient, when risk of making a bad decision is high, when cost of search is low
Primary Sources of External Information
Personal sources, public sources, market-dominated sources
Stage 3 - Alternative Evaluation
Assessing value, clarifying the problem
Clarifying the Problem
3 Steps: suggesting criteria to use to make decision, brand name/options, what to each of the brand names give value
Step 4 - Purchase Decision
Buying value; choices - buy, not buy; unplanned purchases
Stage 5 - Post-purchase behavior
Value in consumption or use; compare experience to expectations
Confirmation
when experience and expectations meet
Positive Disconfirmation
when experience exceeds expectations
Negative disconfirmation
when experience fails to exceed expectations
Cognitive Dissonance
post-purchase tension or anxiety (buyers regret)
Ways to alleviate cognitive dissonance
ask for approval; 1-800 numbers after purchase
Involvement
the level of perceived personal importance and/or intrest evoked by a stimulus within a specific situation
High involvement Purchases
Expensive, has serious personal consequences, could reflect ones social image
Impact on Consumer decision Making
Extensive information search, consideration set large, form attitudes
Low involvement purchases
habitual
Routine Problem Solving
about 50% of all purchase occasions
Limited Problem Solving
about 38% of purchase occasions
Extended Problem Solving
12% of purchase situations
Situation Influences
Can impact level of involvement;
Purchase task, social surroundings, physical surroundings, time, antecedent states
Psychological Influences
Motivation, personality, perception, perceived risks
Motivaiton
drive, desire
Personality
refers to a person's consistent behavior or responses to recurring situations
Perception
process by which an individual selects and interprets information to create a meaningful picture of the world
Selective Exposure
filter exposure to be consistent with beliefs (purchase Honda, notice more Honda's)
Selective distortion
take something and change meaning to be consistent with your beliefs
Selective retention
Only remember things that are relevant to you
Sublinal Perception
Unaware of perceptions going on around you
Sublinal Perception
Unaware of perceptions going on around you
Perceived Risk
the negative anxieties felt because consumer cannot anticipate outcomes of purchase
Examples of negative consequences
Financial, safety, performanc
Strategies to reduce risk and encourage purchase
Seals of approval, endorsements, free trials, extensive warranties and guarantees
Experimental Learning
Modeling, vicarious learning
Behavioral Learning
AUtomatic Responses, stimulus generalization, stimulus discrimination
Stimulus Generalization
Geared toward similar responses, allows for brand line extension, allows for copy-cat branding
Stimulus Discrimination
When you can tell the difference between two stimuli
Cognitive Learning
Involves thinking/problem solving
Values
enduring beliefs that a specific mode of conduct is personally or social preferable over another mode
Beliefs
Organized patterns of knowledge that an individual holds true about his/her world
Attitudes
learned predisposition to respond to an object or class of objects in a consistently favorable or unfavorable way
AIO
Activities, intrest, opinions
Psychographics
study of lifestyles
Sociocultural Influences
Opinion leadership, word of mouth
Reference Group
people you look to as a basis for self-appraisal or as a source of personal standards
Bachelors and young singles
nondurable items
Young married without children
furniture, housewares, gifts
Young married with children
home furnishings and purchases driven by children's needs
Single Parents
convenience foods, child care, personal care items
Middle aged couples with children
leisure products and home improvement items
older married and unmarried
vacation trips, gifts for younger relatives, medical services