Ch. 2 Decision Making Flashcards

1
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3 Categories of Consumer decision making

A
  1. cognitive
  2. habitual
  3. affective
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2
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cognitive

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highly rational, deliberate

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3
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affective

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based on emotion

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4
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level of involvement

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how personally important or interest you are in the product and how much information you need to make a decision

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5
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type of level of involvement (3)

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  1. product (how interested in product, to do with perceived risk)
  2. message (how influential is media)
  3. situational (where you consume)
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6
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perceived risk (5)

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  1. monetary risk
  2. functional risk
  3. physical risk
  4. social risk
  5. psychological risk
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7
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social risk

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  • choice will reflect poorly on the consumer and damage his or her self esteem or confidence
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8
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psychological risk

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lose self-respect due to making a bad decision

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9
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purchase situation involvement

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occurs when buying the same object for different contexts (ex. wedding gift)

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10
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steps in the decision making process (4)

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  1. problem recognition
  2. information search
  3. evaluation of alternatives
  4. product choice
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11
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opportunity recognition

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increase in desire for his ideal state

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12
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need recognition

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decline in the quality of his actual state

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13
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evoked set

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alternatives the consumer knows

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14
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consideration set

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the alternatives actually considers

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15
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types of choices (4)

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  1. routine (litte or no effort)
  2. cues in the environment
  3. nudge - subtle changes in the environment
  4. default bias - comply with requirement
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16
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mental accounting

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we frame a problem in terms of gains/losses influences our decision

17
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behavioural economics

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study of decisions that blends psychology and economics

18
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sunk-cost fallacy

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we are reluctant to waste something we have paid for

19
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loss aversion

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emphasize losses more than gains

20
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prospect theory

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risk differs when we face gains versus losses

21
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good enough

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often consumers exert less energy and go for satisfying the solution

22
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product categorization (4)

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  1. position a product
  2. identify competitors
  3. create and exemplar product
  4. locate products in the store
23
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heuristics

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approach to problem solving