Chapter 4 Consumer Behaviour Flashcards

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Label and define the two types of buyers

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1. Consumer Markets
People - Personal use
Retail
2. Business Markets
Firms
Institutions
Governments
Non-Profit Organizations
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Consumer Decision Making Process consists of 5 steps. What are they?

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  1. Problem recognition
  2. Information Search
  3. Evaluation of alternatives
  4. Product Choice
  5. Post-Purchase evaluation
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3
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More details on problem recognition

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The needs GAP
Difference between the buyers
1. Perceived desired state
2. Perceived current state

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More details on Information Search

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  1. Analyze the overall situation
  2. Reviews memory
  3. Surveys the equipment
  4. See what’s out there
  5. Search for something to provide a solution
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5
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More information on evaluation of alternatives

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  1. Time to narrow down options
  2. compare pros and cons
  3. Review important characteristics
  4. Evaluation criteria - will differ from person to person
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6
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More information on product choice

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  1. Decision making and commitment
  2. Use of heuristics
  3. Brand loyalty
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More information on post purchase evaluation

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  1. Review of the choice made
  2. Satisfaction/dissatisfaction
  3. Cognitive dissonance
    - Cognitive dissonance refers to a situation involving conflicting attitudes, beliefs or behaviors. This produces a feeling of mental discomfort leading to an alteration in one of the attitudes, beliefs or behaviors to reduce the discomfort and restore balance.
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8
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Internal influences include

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Perception
motivation
learning
attitudes
age
lifestyle
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External influences

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Situational
Physical
Time

Social
Cultural
Subculture
Social Class
Gender Roles
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Perception

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How people select, organize and interpret infromation

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Exposure

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refistering a stimulus through sensory receptors

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12
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Attention

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The act of mentally processing information

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13
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Motivation

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drive to satisfy needs being goal oriented

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Attitudes

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how one response to a stimulus based on evaluations

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Personality and Influences

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  1. Age
  2. Lifestyle
  3. Environment
  4. Social
  5. Gender Roles
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16
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Define involvement

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The relative importance of perceived consequences of the purchase to customer

17
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Define perceived risk

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The belief that choice of a product has potentially negative consequences, whether financial, physical, and or social

18
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Define consumer behaviour

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The process involved when individuals or groups select, purchase, use and dispose of goods, services, ideas, or experiences, to satisfy their needs and desires

19
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Define problem recognition

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The process that occurs whenever the consumer sees a significant difference between his current stat of affairs and some desired or ideal state; this recognition initiates the decision-making process

20
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Define Information search

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The process whereby a consumer searches for appropriate information to make a reasonable decision

21
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Define search marketing

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Marketing strategies that involve the use of internet search engines

22
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Define Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

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A systematic process of ensuring that your firm comes up at or near the top of lists of typical search phrases related to your business

23
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Define Search Engine Marketing (SEM)

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Search marketing strategy in which marketers pay for ads or better positioning

24
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Define behavioral targeting

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The marketing practice by which marketers deliver advertisements for products a consumer is looking for by watching what the consumer does online

25
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Define evaluative criteria

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The dimensions consumers use to compare competing product alternatives.

26
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Define heuristics

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A mental rule of thumb that leads to a speedy decision by simplifying the process

27
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Define brand loyalty

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A pattern of repeat product purchases, accompanied by an underlying positive attitude toward the brand, based on the belief that the brand makes products superior to those of its competition