Marketing Flashcards
Processes a consumer uses to make purchase decisions, as well as to use and dispose of purchased goods or services; also includes factors that influence purchase decisions and product use
Consumer Behavior
A personal assessment of the net worth one obtains from making a purchase, or the enduring belief that a specific mode of conduct is personally or socially preferable to another mode of conduct
Value
A value derived from a product or service that helps the consumer solve problems and accomplish tasks
Utilitarian Value
The value a consumer expects to obtain from a purchase
perceived value
A value that acts as an end in itself rather than as a means to an end
Hedonic value
A five-step process consumers use when buying goods or services
Consumer decisions-making process
- Step 1 of decision-making process
- Result of an imbalance between actual and desired states
Need recognition
- Recognition of an unfulfilled need and a product that will satisfy it
- Apart of Need Recognition
Want
- Any unit of input affecting one or more of the five senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing
- Apart of Need Recognition
Stimulus
- Step 2 of decision-making process
- Can be internal or external
Information Search
- The process of recalling information stored in the memory
- Apart of Information Search
Internal information search
- The process of seeking information in the outside environment
- Apart of information search
External information search
A product information source that is not associated with advertising or promotion
non-marketing-controlled information source
- A product information source that originates with marketers promoting the product
Marketing-controlled information source
The extent to which an individual conducts an external search depends on his or her (4 answers)
perceived risk, knowledge, prior experience, level of interest in the good or service
A group of brands resulting from an information search from which a buyer can choose
Evoked set
A small intervention that can change a person’s behavior
nudge
The type of purchase typically made after the consumer has collected a large amount of information
Planned purchase
The type of purchase typically made when the consumer knows the product category but waits until shopping to choose a specific style or brand
Partially planned purchase
The type of purchase often low-prices items or items on sale or purchased with a coupon, sometimes triggered by a nudge
Impulse or unplanned purchase
Anticipation of receiving a highly desirable option only to have it become inaccessible
Jilting effect
Inner tension that a consumer experiences after recognizing an inconsistency between behavior and values or opinions
Cognitive dissonance
The amount of time and effort a buyer invests in the search, evaluation, and decision processes of consumer behavior
Involvement
The type of decision making exhibited by consumers buying frequently purchased, low-cost goods and services; requires little search and decision time
Routine response behavior
The type of decision making that requires a moderate amount of time for gathering information and deliberating about an unfamiliar brand in a familiar product category
Limited decision making
The most complex type of consumer decision making, used when buying an unfamiliar, expensive product or an infrequently bought item; requires use of several criteria for evaluating options and much time for seeking information
Extensive decision making
Factors determining the level of consumer involvement (4)
previous experience, interest, perceived risk of negative consequences, social visibility
The practice of examining merchandise in a physical retail location without purchasing it and then shopping online for a better deal on the same item
Showrooming
For _____ _____ ____ _____, marketing managers should engage in extensive and informative promotions
High-involvement product purchases
For ____ ____ ____ _____, in-store promotion and targeted mobile ads are important tools
low-involvement product purchases
Offering products on a _____ _____ basis is one way marketers can increase involvement
limited availability
When a significant number of customers are switching brands
churning
The set of values, norms, attitudes, and other meaningful symbols that shape human behavior and the artifacts, or products, of that behavior as they are transmitted from one generation to the next
Culture
______ is pervasive, functional, learned, and dynamic
culture
The most defining element of a culture is its ______
values
A homogeneous group of people who share elements of the overall culture as well as unique elements of their own group
Subculture
A group of people in a society who are considered nearly equal in status or community esteem, who regularly socialize among themselves both formally and informally, and who share behavioral norms
social class
All of the formal and informal groups in society that influence an individual’s purchasing behavior
reference group
A reference group with which people interact regularly in an informal, face-to-face manner, such as family, friends, and coworkers
Primary membership group
A reference group with which people
associate less consistently and more formally than a primary membership group, such as a club, professional group, or religious group
Secondary membership group
A group that someone would like to join
aspirational reference group
A value or attitude deemed acceptable by a group
norm
A group with which an individual does
not want to associate
nonaspirational reference group
An individual who influences the opinions of others
opinion leader
How cultural values and norms are
passed down to children
socialization process
A perspective whereby a consumer
perceives themself as distinct and separate from others
separated self-schema
A perspective whereby a consumer
perceives themself as an integral part of a group
connected self-schema
A way of organizing and grouping the consistencies of an individual’s reactions to situations
personality
How consumers perceive themselves in terms of attitudes, perceptions, beliefs, and self-evaluations
self-concept
The way an individual would like to be perceived
ideal self-image
The way an individual actually perceives themself
real self-image
The process by which people select, organize, and interpret stimuli into a meaningful and coherent picture
perception
A process whereby a consumer notices certain stimuli and ignores others
selective exposure
A process whereby a consumer changes or distorts information that conflicts with their feelings or beliefs
selective distortion
A process whereby a consumer remembers only the information that supports their personal beliefs
selective retention
marketers must recognize the importance of _____, or signals, in consumers’ perception of products
cues
Marketers must identify the important attributes that the targeted consumers want in a product and then design ______ to communicate these attributes.
signals
Marketers must watch their brand _______ closely to maintain strong links between
perceived brand value and customer loyalty.
identity
Marketers must take care when changing such ______ as:
price,
package size,
product,
or product position or brand.
stimuli
A driving force that causes a person to take action to satisfy specific needs
motive
A method of classifying human needs and motivations into five categories in ascending order of importance: physiological, safety, social, esteem, and self- actualization
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
A process that creates changes in behavior, immediate
or expected, through experience and practice
learning
A form of learning that occurs when one response is extended to a second stimulus similar to the first
stimulus generalization
A learned ability to differentiate among
similar products
stimulus discrimination
A process whereby a consumer notices certain stimuli and ignores
others
selective exposure
People or organizations with needs or wants and the ability and willingness to buy
Market
A subgroup of people or organizations sharing one or more characteristics that cause them to have similar product needs
Market segment
The process of dividing a market into meaningful, relatively similar, and identifiable segments or groups
Market segmentation
- Helps marketers define customer needs and wants more precisely
- Helps understand customers’ lifestyles, values, jobs, need states, and buying occasions
Market Segmentation
Helps decision makers more accurately define marketing objectives and better allocate resources
Market Segmentation
A useful segmentation scheme must produce segments that meet four basic criteria:
Substantiality, Identifiability and measurability, accessibility, responsiveness