Chapter 5 - Attitudes Based on High Effort Flashcards
Attitude
overall evaluation that expresses how much we like or dislike an object, issue, person, or action
3 importance of attitudes
- guide our thoughts
- influence our feelings
- affect our behavior
5 characteristics of attitude
- favorability
- attitude accessibility
- attitude confidence
- persistence
- resistance
Favorability
Characteristic of attitude: how much we like or dislike or something
Attitude accessibility
Characteristic of attitude: ow easily and readily an attitude can be retrieved from memory
Attitude confidence
Characteristic of attitude: we hold our attitudes very strongly, whereas in other cases we feel much less certain about them
Persistence
Characteristic of attitude: or endurance, the attitudes we hold with confidence may last for an extremely long time, whereas others may be very brief
resistance
Characteristic of attitude: ___to subsequent change. consumers may change attitudes easily when they are not loyal to a particular brand or know little about a product. attitude change is more difficult when consumers are brand loyal
cognitions (thoughts or beliefs)
one approach to attitude formation. attitudes can be based on thoughts we have about information received from an external source or on information we recall from memory
ambivalence
when we have strong positive evaluations of one aspect of a brand and strong negative evaluations of other aspects of the brand
emotions
another approach to attitude. sometimes we have a favorable attitude toward an offering simply because it feels good or seems right
MAO
Motivation, ability, and opportunity
central-route processing
process of attitude formation and change when thinking about a message requires some effort
peripheral-route processing
describe attitude formation and change that involves limited effort (or low elaboration) on the pat of the consumer
consumers MAO to process information is high
attitudes tend to be more accessible, persistent, resistant to change, and held with confidence when _____
cognitively or affectively
when consumers are likely to devote a lot of effort to processing information, marketers can influence consumers attitudes either:
Direct or Imagined Experience
One of five cognitive models: elaborating on actual experience with a product or service (even imaging what the experience can be like) can help consumers form positive or negative attitudes
Reasoning by Analogy or Category
One of five cognitive models: consumers also form attitudes by considering how similar a product is to other products or to a particular product category
Values-driven Attitudes
One of five cognitive models: your values shape your attitude toward the brand
Social identity-based attitude generation
One of the five cognitive models: the way that consumers view their own social identities; you will tend to form positive attitudes toward a brand or product to express this social identity