Exam 2 Chap 6 Flashcards
Consumer behavior
Process a consumer uses to make purchase decision, as well as to use and dispose of purchased goods or service
- also include factors that influence purchase decision and product use
- consumer product and service always changing
Value
A personal assessment of the net worth one obtain from making a purchase.
— what you get - what you give up
Perceived value
The value a consumer expect to obtain from a purchase
Ex: more or less than expected
Utilitarian value
A value derived from a product or service that helps the consumer solve problem and accomplish tasks
Ex: buying washer and dryer, coffee maker
Hedonic value
A value that acts as an end in itself rather than as a means to an end.
- good feelings, happiness and satisfaction with the purchase give us.
Ex: sky vacation, or drinking coffee
What are the 5 steps of consumer decision making process
- Need recognition
- Information search
- Evaluation of alternative
- Purchases
- Post-purchase behavior
Consumer decision making process
5 step process used by consumer when buying goods or services
What does the 5 steps of the decision making process represent?
Traditional buying process.
- used to guide for studying how consumer make decision
What is under the need recognition
- need recognition
- want
- stimulus
- want got gap
Want is____
Recognition of an unfulfilled need and a product that will satisfy it.
- can be viewed in terms of 4 goals: economic, sustaining, treating, and rewarding
What are the 4 goals want can be viewed as
Economizing, sustaining, treating, rewarding
Is need for recognition the first step in decision making process?
Yes
Define need recognition
The result of an imbalance between actual and desired state
What are the two stimulus categories?
Internal
External
Stimulus is ___
Any unit of input affecting one or more of the five sense: right, smell, taste, touch, hearing
What are the 5 sens that are affected by stimulus?
- sight Smell Taste Touch Hearing
What activate the decision making process?
The imbalance from the need recognition
Internal stimuli___
Ex: hunger or thirst
External stimuli ___
Influences from an outside source
Ex: stomach make noise
How is need to recognition triggered?
Exposed to either internal or external stimulus
What is the Key word for the definition of Need recognition?
RESULT
Want-got gap
The imbalance between actual and desired states
- difference between what a consumer has and what he would like to have
What is under Information search
- internal info search
- external info search
—> non-marketing controlled info source
—> marketing-controlled info source - evoked set (consideration set)
Internal info search is___
The process of recalling past info stored in the memory
Ex: previous experience with product (hotel)
External info search is___
The process of seeking info in the outside environment
What are the 2 sub section in external info search
- nonmarketing controlled info source
- marketing controlled info source
Non-marketing controlled info source
A product info source that is not associated with promo
Ex: personal experience, family recommendation, public source (consumer reports)
Marketing controlled info source
A product information source that originates with marketers promoting the product
- source include: TV, mag, sale promo radio…
What is the other name for evoke set?
Consideration set
Evoke set (consideration set)
A group of brands resulting from an information search from which a buyer can choose
- consumer most preferred alternative
Ex: pizza available look at alternative that fit the budget
What helps consumer compare alternative?
- environment
- internal info
- external info
What is categorization
Brand extension
What type of decision does the consumer have to make?
- should I buy,
- when to buy
- what to buy
- where to buy
- how to pay
Planned vs impulse purchase
- partially planned purchases: made by consumer when they know the product category they want to buy but wait until they get to the store or online
- unplanned purchase: made by consumers on an impulse
Psychological ownership
- consumer sometimes develop feeling or ownership without even owning the good, service, or brand.
What is under post-purchase behavior
- cognitive dissonance
Cognitive dissonance
Inner tension that a consumer experience after recognizing an inconsistency between behavior and values or opinions
How does consumer reduce cognitive dissonance
- seeking info that reinforces the purchase decision
- avoiding info that contradicts the purchase decision
- revoking the original decision by returning the product
How does consumer try to reduce cognitive dissonance?
By justifying their decision.
- seek info that reinforce positive ideas about the purchase
What are the 3 psychological factors?
- perception
- motivation
- learning