Chapter 6: Consumer behavior Flashcards

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need recognition

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from needy state to desired state, the greater the gap is, the greater the need recognition will be

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functional needs

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the performance of a product or service

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psychological needs

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personal gratification consumers associate with a product/service
ie, supercuts vs upscale hair salon

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involvement and consumer buying process

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we will take more time processing info in high involvement situations
-low involvement- what matters is the periphery (music in background of commercial)

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low involvement purchases

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low cost, standardized, not important, low risk
type of buying process used: routine response behavior/habitual
use in-store promotion, link to high involvement issue

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high involvement purchases

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important to consumer, risk is present, consumer spends effort and time purchasing

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internal locus of control

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believe they have some control over the outcomes of their actions- more search actions

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external locus of control

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fate/other external factors control all outcomes

mutual funds- feel like they can’t predict the market

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actual perceived risk

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performance, financial, social, physiological, psychological

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performance risk

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perceived danger inherent in a poorly performing product/ service
ie, is this dress going to shrink

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financial risk

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risk associated with monetary outlay and includes the initial cost of the purchases as well as the costs of the items/service (cost of dry cleaning dress)

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social risk

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fears of consumers when they worry others might not regard their purchases positively (ie, buy a statement dress)

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physiological risk (safety risk)

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perfect risk- what might happen if a product doesn’t perform as expected, fear of an actual harm (ie, a car)

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psychological risk

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risks associated with the way people will feel if the product or service doesn’t convey the right image (ie, sought opinions on dress because she wants to look good)

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attribute sets

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organizing, categorizing, alternatives to aid decision making process

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universal sets

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all possible choices for a product category, marketers focus on subsets

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retrieval sets

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subset of those brands/stores that can be readily bought forth from memory

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evoked set

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subset of alternative brands/stores that the consumer states he/she would consider when making a purchase decision (ie, firm can get its brand into a store of a consumer’s evoked set, reduced search time)

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evaluation criteria

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salient, important attributes about a certain product (ie, a dress- selling price, fit, materials, and construction quality)- can be complicated–> so they use shortcuts)

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determinant attributes

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product/service features that are important to the buyer and on which competing brands or stores are perceived to differ- consumers tend to look for something special

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consumer decision rules

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set of criteria that consumers use consciously or subconsciously to quickly and efficiently select from alternatives

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compensatory

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assume that consumers, when evaluating alternatives, trades off the characteristics against another, good characteristic compensate for bad characteristic

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noncompensatory

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choose product or service on the basis of 1 characteristic or 1 subset of a characteristic, regardless of the values of its other attributes

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conversion rate

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measure how well they have converted purchase intentions into purchases

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customer satisfaction

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final step, 1 possible outcome

setting unrealistically high expectation that don’t live up–>customer dissatisfaction

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postpurchase cognitive dissonance

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an internal conflict that arises from an inconsistency between 2 beliefs or between beliefs and behavior
ie, buyer’s remorse after purchasing TV aka products with high levels of risk, expensive

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customer loyalty

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will buy only certain brands and shop at only certain stores

28
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undesirable consumer behavior

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passive consumers don’t repeat purchase or recommend the product to others

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negative word of mouth

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when consumers spread neg info about a product/service or store to others

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psychological factors

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motives

attitudes

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motives

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need/want that is strong enough to cause the person to seek satisfaction

32
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Maslow’s hierarchy of needs

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physiological, safety. love, esteem, and self-actualization

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attitudes

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a person’s enduring evaluation of his or her feelings about and behavioral tendencies toward an object or idea

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cognitive component

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a person’s belief system

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affective component

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emotions, what we feel about the issue at hand, if we like or dislike it

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behavioral component

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actions we undertake based on what we know and feel

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perception

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process by which we select, organize, and interpret info to form a meaningful pic of the world

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learning

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a change in a person’s thought process or behavior that arises from experiences and takes place throughout the consumer decision process
ie, need interview dress–>read articles on internet

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lifestyle

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way consumers spend their time and money to live

40
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reference groups

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one or more persons whom an individual uses for comparison regarding beliefs, feelings, and behaviors
1-offer info
2-provide rewards for specific purchasing behaviors
3- enhancing a consumer’s self image through conversation or observation

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culture

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shared meanings, beliefs, morals, values, values, and customs of a group of people

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situational factors

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factors specific the situation, override, or influence psycho and social issues

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involvement

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consumer’s degree of interest in the product or service

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extended problem solving

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common when the customer perceives that the purchase decision entails a lot of risk

45
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limited problem solving

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decision with moderate amount of effort or time

46
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impulse buying

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buying decision made by customers on the spot when they see merchandise

47
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psychological- perception

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how we select, organize, and interpret info

must be processed thru our perceptual screens of attention, distortion, and retention

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psychological- learning

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a change in though process or behavior- cognitive or experiential