Lesson 7 Videos Flashcards
Relationships between Consumer Beliefs, Feelings, Attitudes & Intentions
Consumer Beliefs and Consumer Feelings —-> Consumer Attitudes —-> Consumer Intentions —> Consumer Behavior
Beliefs
Subjective judgments about the relationship between two or more things.
Feelings
An affective state (e.g., current mood state) or reaction (e.g., emotions experienced during product consumption).
Attitudes
Global evaluative judgments.
Intentions
Subjective judgments by people about how they will behave in the future.
A Sampling of Consumer Beliefs
~If a deal seems too good to be true, it probably is.
~You can’t believe what most advertising says these days.
~Auto repair shops take advantage of women.
~People need less money to live on once they retire.
~It’s not safe to use credit cards on the Internet.
~Appliances today are not as durable as they were 20 years ago.
~Extended warranties are worth the money.
~You get what you pay for: lower price means lower quality.
~Changing the oil in your car every three thousand miles is a waste of money.
Consumer Beliefs
A. Expectations
B. Brand Distinctiveness
C. Inferential Beliefs
Consumer Expectations
Expectations are beliefs about the future.
Consumers’ willingness to spend is influenced by beliefs about their financial future.
Brand Distinctiveness
Why should consumer want to buy your brand instead of the competitor’s?
The desirability of products having something unique to offer to their consumers is also known as the Unique Selling Proposition (USP).
Inferential Beliefs
Beliefs are often inferred when product information is incomplete.
Also undertaken when consumers interpret certain product attributes as signals of product quality - e.g., price-quality inferential beliefs, partially comparative pricing, etc.
Consumers use information about one thing to form beliefs about something else.
Feelings
An affective state (e.g., current mood state) or reaction (e.g., emotions experienced during product consumption).
Types of Feelings
Upbeat, Negative, Warm
Upbeat Feelings
Active
Adventurous
Alive
Attractive
Confident
Creative
Elated
Energetic
Good
Happy
Pleased
Negative Feelings
Angry
Annoyed
Bad
Bored
Critical
Defiant
Disgusted
Fed-up
Insulted
Irritated
Regretful
Warm Feelings
Affectionate
Calm
Concerned
Contemplative
Emotional
Hopeful
Kind
Peaceful
Pensive
Touched
Warm-hearted
Feelings are a part of what experiences?
A. Feelings as part of the advertising experience
B. Feelings as part of the shopping experience
C. Feelings as part of the consumption experience
Feelings as part of the advertising experience
Feelings activated by the advertisement have the potential to influence attitudes formed about the featured product. (eg: Bud Lite, Miller, AFLAC, McDonald’s, Coca Cola commercials, etc).
Sometimes ads irritate, annoy even offend – leading to negative feelings.
The program in which advertising appears can induce feelings and affect post-message attitudes.
Feelings as part of the shopping experience
The retail environment elicits different feelings in consumers ultimately affecting their attitudes and behaviors in the store..
Customers don’t just go shopping in the store; they experience it.
Feelings as part of the consumption experience
Some consumption experiences are liked primarily for the feelings they induce.
Feelings during consumption will influence post-consumption evaluations.
Consumers are more satisfied when product consumption leads to positive feelings while avoiding negative ones.
Attitudes
global or overall evaluative judgments. Since attitudes strongly influence consumers’ purchase & consumption intentions, firms are very interested in knowing about these.