FINAL CB Flashcards
what is motivation?
processes that cause people to behave as they do.
what are the motivations to buy a silent (vs loud) luxury product?
- quality product without attracting attention
- being dissociated from people who buy loud luxury products
- trends
what are the motivations to buy a flamboyant (vs classical) of luxury product?
- showing expertise in fashion
- being unique
- signalling wealth
how is the motivation process constructed?
- when a need is aroused (gap between present and ideal state)
- gap creates a tension and customers become motivated to reduce or eliminate tension
what are the types of needs?
- utilitarian:
- functional / practical
- to solve a problem - hedonic:
- related to pleasure / emotional well-being
what is the difference between wants and needs?
needs:
- generic state experienced by consumers hunger, thirst
wants:
- the chosen way to satisfy the needs
- shaped by personality/ cultural background/environment
what is the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?
- self-actualization:
- achieve full potential
- creative ideas - esteem needs:
- prestige / feeling of accomplishment - belongingness and love needs:
- intimate relationships, friends - Safety needs:
- security, safety - physiological needs:
- food, water, warmth
what is murray’s theory on psychogenic needs?
- ambition needs (achievment, exhibition)
- Materialistic needs (acquisitions, be organized)
- Power needs (dominance, autonomy, harm avoidance, need to agree with others)
- Affiliation and information needs (analysis:need to seek knowledge and understand things)
what are the 3 categories of consumers’ buying motives by Copeland?
- instinctive buying motives:
- desire to manifest tastes
- display leadership in personal appearance
- eating good tasting food - emotional buying motives:
- driven by feelings, desires
- pride of personal appearance - rational buying motives:
- based on logical reasoning and practical benefits
- durability
- quality
- economy of money
what are antecedents of motivational strength?
- degree of tension
- positive incentives (reward)
- importance and urgency
- availability
what are the 3 motivational conflicts?
- Approach-Approach conflict:
- when consumer must choose between two desirable outcomes
* going to Paris or London - Approach-Avoidance conflict:
- desirable outcome comes with an undesirable outcome
* going to mcdeez but getting fat - avoidance-avoidance conflict:
- consumer must choose between two undesirable outcomes
*studying or cleaning appartment
what are some managerial implications of motivational conflicts?
- Approach-Approach:
- highlight superiority
- loyalty rewards - Approach-Avoidance;
- diminished negative outcome (low fat alternative)
- donating portion of sales to charity - Avoidance-Avoidance:
- make outcome less undesirable
- make undesirable tasks easier
what is consumer involvement?
- how consumer pays attention to information, stimuli or task
what are the 3 factors that influence involvement?
- individual difference:
- how important a need is
- values - stimuli factors:
- information source + content - situational factors:
- consumption context and risk associated with stimuli
what are strategies to increase involvement of consumers?
- novel and prominent stimuli
- celebrity endorsers
- consumer-generated content
- mass customization
What are the 2 things that Affect consumption decisions?
- moods:
- long-lasting
- temporary positive or negative states
- not as intense as emotions - emotions
- intense and discrete related to triggering events
- only last minutes
what is self-concept?
it is how one would describe who they are
what is the link between consumer behaviour and self-concept?
- consumers prefer brands that represent their real self
what is symbolic self-completion?
consumers acquiring or display symbols associated with their ideal-self
what is compensatory consumption?
consumer buying something to compensate with disappointment or lack in an aspect of their lives
what is trait theories of personality?
quantitative measure of traits like:
- openness
- conscientiousness
- neuroticism
- extraversion
what are 2 strategies to shape brand personality?
- association with individuals
- anthropomorphism(human figures)
what shapes someone’s lifestyle?
interest, activities and opinion (IAO)
what are 3 things that affect consumption?
personality, lifestyle, value