Ch. 2 Decision Making Flashcards
3 Categories of Consumer decision making
- cognitive
- habitual
- affective
cognitive
highly rational, deliberate
affective
based on emotion
level of involvement
how personally important or interest you are in the product and how much information you need to make a decision
type of level of involvement (3)
- product (how interested in product, to do with perceived risk)
- message (how influential is media)
- situational (where you consume)
perceived risk (5)
- monetary risk
- functional risk
- physical risk
- social risk
- psychological risk
social risk
- choice will reflect poorly on the consumer and damage his or her self esteem or confidence
psychological risk
lose self-respect due to making a bad decision
purchase situation involvement
occurs when buying the same object for different contexts (ex. wedding gift)
steps in the decision making process (4)
- problem recognition
- information search
- evaluation of alternatives
- product choice
opportunity recognition
increase in desire for his ideal state
need recognition
decline in the quality of his actual state
evoked set
alternatives the consumer knows
consideration set
the alternatives actually considers
types of choices (4)
- routine (litte or no effort)
- cues in the environment
- nudge - subtle changes in the environment
- default bias - comply with requirement