Chapter 5 Consumer Markets and Buyer Behavior Flashcards
Consumer Buyer Behavior
buying behavior of final consumers
Final Consumers
Individuals and households who buy goods and services for personal consumption
Consumer Markets
All individuals and households who buy goods and services for personal consumption
Stimulus Response Model
Marketing and other stimuli enter the buyer’s black box to produce certain choices and purchase responses
They must figure out what is inside the black box and how to turn stimuli into responses
Culture
basic set of values learned by a member of society form family or other institutions
Subcultures
groups of people within a culture with shared value systems based on common life experiences
Social Classes
Society’s permanent and ordered divisions whose members share similar values, interest and behavior
Reference Groups
groups that form a comparison or reference in forming attitudes or behavior
Membership Groups
Group with direct influence, to which a person belongs
Aspirational Groups
Groups an individual wishes to belong to
Opinion leaders (Influentials)
people within a specific reference group with specific skills knowledge and personality who exert social influence over others
Lifestyle
a person’s pattern of living is as expressed in one’s
Activities Interests and Opinions
Personality
person’s unique psychological characteristics leading to consistent and lasting responses to one’s environment
Brand Personality
Specific Mix of human traits that may be attributed to a particular brand
Motive (Drive)
need that is strong to push the person to seek its satisfaction
Perception
process by which people select view interpret information to form a meaningful picture
Selective Attention
People ignore most information they are given