Exam 2 Flashcards
The buying behavior of all final consumers—individuals & households that buy goods and services for personal consumption
Consumer buying behavior
All individuals & households that buy products/services for personal consumption
Consumer market
What 4 factors influence customer behavior? (Characteristics that influence their perception & reaction to stimuli)
-cultural
-social
-personal
-psychological
Groups within a society whose members share a distinctive set of beliefs, characteristics, or common experience
Subcultures
Relatively permanent & ordered divisions in a society whose members share similar values, interests, and behaviors
Social class
What are some examples of cultural factors?
-values
-language
-myths
-behaviors
-cultural customs
-religion
Direct influence, person belongs to
Membership group
A set of people a consumer wants to please or imitate
Reference group
Activities people are expected to perform
Role
Esteem given to a role
Status
What are some examples of social factors?
-groups
-family
-roles
-status
Change of goods or services over lifetime (life changing events like marriage, kids, etc.)
Age/life cycle
Income, savings, interest rates
Economic situation
Pattern of living expressed by activities, interests, opinions
Lifestyle
Choose brand with a similar personality
Personality/self-concept
Effects goods/services bought
Occupation
Need pressing enough to direct a person to seek satisfaction
Motive/motivation
Process where people select, organize, interpret, information to form a meaningful picture of the world
Perception
What are the three perceptual processes?
-selective attention
-selective distortion
-selective retention
The tendency for people to screen out most of the info. To which they’re exposed
Selective attention
The tendency of people to interpret info. in a way that supports what they already believe
Selective distortion
Consumers are likely to remember good points made about a brand they favor & forget good points made about competing brands
Selective retention
Changes in individuals behavior due to experience
Learning
A descriptive thought that a person has about something
Beliefs
Describes a persons relatively consistent evaluation, feelings, and tendencies toward an object or idea
Attitudes
What are the 5 stages of the consumer decision-making process?
- Need recognition
- Information search
- Evaluation of alternatives
- Purchase decision
- Post purchase behavior
What stage of the consumer decision-making process recognizes a problem or need?
Stage 1 (need recognition)
What stage of the consumer decision-making process actively searches for info. revolving around that need?
Stage 2 (information search)
What stage of the consumer decision-making process processes info. to evaluate brand choices?
Stage 3 (evaluation of alternatives)
What stage of the consumer decision-making process is the buyers decision about which brand to purchase?
Stage 4 (purchase decision)
What two factors can come in between the purchase intention and purchase decision?
-attitudes of others
-unexpected situational factors
What stage of the consumer decision-making process depends on how the consumer is feeling AFTER purchasing a good/service?
Stage 5 (postpurchase behavior)
satisfaction is important because it may affect the business
The process of dividing a market into groups of similar consumers and selecting the most appropriate group or groups to serve
Market segmentation
Consists of a group of customers who want to share a similar set of needs and wants
Market segment
What are the 5 steps in market segmentation?
- Determine consumer needs and wants
- Divide markets on relevant dimensions
- Decide target marketing strategy
- Develop product positioning
- Design marketing mix strategy
What are the 4 types of segmentation?
- Geographical
- Demographic
- Psychographic
- Behavioral
Geographical factors:
World region or country, region of country, city, etc.
Demographic factors (most popular segmentation):
Gender, age, cohorts, family size, income, religion, race