Chapter 9 Flashcards
purchase momentum
our initial impulse purchase actually increases the likelihood that we will buy even more
consumer hyperchoice
forces us to make repeated decisions that may drain psychological energy while decreasing our abilities to make smart choices
constructive processing
evaluate the effort we’ll need to make a particular choice and then tailor the amount of cognitive “effort” to get the job done
mental budget
helps us to estimate what we will consume over time so we can regulate what we do in the present
self-regulation
person’s efforts to change or maintain his or her actions over time
implementation intentions
dictate how much weight we give to different kinds of info, a timetable to carry out a decision, or even how we will deal w disruptive influences
counteractive construal
exaggerate negative aspects of behaviors that will interfere w the ultimate goal
feedback loop
provide ppl w info about their actions and give them a chance to change those actions so that they push them to improve ex: speed displays
morning morality effect
ppl are more likely to cheat, lie, or even commit fraud in the afternoon than in the morning
executive control center
important decision making, including moral judgments, can be worn down or distracted even by simple tasks like memorizing numbers
rational perspective
people calmly and carefully integrate as much info as possible w what they already know about a product
steps in cognitive decision-making process
- problem recognition- experience a significant difference between out current state and some state we desire
- information search- process by which we survey the environment for appropriate data to make a reasonable decision
- evaluate alternatives
- product choice
- postpurchase evaluation- occurs when we experience the product or service we selected and decide whether it meets our expectations
evoked set
alternatives we know about
consideration set
alternatives we seriously consider
feature creep
products have more and more features
neuromarketing
functional magnetic resonance imaging to track blood flow as we perform mental tasks to take an up-close look at how our brains respond to marketing messages and product designs
cybermediary
website or app that helps to filter and organize online market info so that customers can identify and evaluate alternatives more effectively
intelligent agents
software programs that use collaborative filtering technologies to learn from past user behavior to recommend new purchases
search engines
ex: bing, yahoo, youtube
search engine optimization
procedures companies use to design the content of web sites and posts to maximize the likelihood that their content will show up when someone searches for a relevant term
long tail
companies can make money if they sell small amounts of items that only a few ppl want if they sell enough different items`
hybrid products
feature characteristics from 2 distinct domains ex: cronut
category exemplars
tend to exert a disproportionate influence on how ppl think of the category in general
evaluative criteria
dimensions we use to judge the merits of competing options
determinate attributes
features we actually use to differentiate among our choices