Mfinal-overall Flashcards
Decision-Making Process
Problem Recognition -> Information Search -> Evaluation of Alternatives -> Product Choice - > Outcomes
Continuum of Buying Decision Behavior
Routine Response Behavior -> Limited Problem Solving -> Extensive Problem solving
Information Search
consumer surveys the environment for appropriate data to make reasonable decision
Brand Switching
select familiar brands when decision situation is ambiguous
Variety Seeking
Desire to choose new alternatives over more familiar ones
Relationship between Amount of Information Search and Product Knowledge
Low Product Knowledge = Low amount of search
Medium Product Knowledge = High amount of search
High Product Knowledge = Low amount of search
Five Types of Perceived Risk
- Monetary
- Functional
- Physical
- Social
- Psychological
Buyers/Purchases most Sensitive - Monetary Risk
Buyers - Those with little income
Purchases - High ticket items
Buyers/Purchases most Sensitive - Functional Risk
Buyers - Practical consumers
Purchases - Products that require the buyers exclusive commitment
Buyers/Purchases most Sensitive - Physical Risk
Buyers - elderly, frail, or ill health
Purchases - Mechanical, drugs and medical treatments, and food and beverages
Buyers/Purchases most Sensitive - Social Risk
Buyers - Insecure and uncertain people
Purchases - socially visible goods (clothes, cars, jewellery)
Buyers/Purchases most Sensitive - Psychological Risk
Buyers - lacking self-respect or attractiveness
Purchases - Expensive personal luxuries, services that demand self-discipline
Levels of Categorization
Superordinate Level (dessert) -> Basic Level (fattening vs nonfattening) -> Subordinate Level (type of dessert)
Heuristics: Mental Shortcuts
Mental rule of thum that lead to speedy decisions (higher price = higher quality)
Zipf’s Law
Our tendency to prefer a number one brand to the competition
Consumer inertia
Tendency to buy a brand out of habit merely because it requires less effort
Noncompensatory (decision rules)
Lexicographic rule
Elimination-by-aspects rule
Conjunctive rule
Lexicographic rule
brands are evaluated on the consumers most important attribute
Elimination-by-aspects rule
brands are evaluated on the most important attribute under the elimination-by-aspects rule. In this case, though, specific cut-offs are imposed.
Conjunctive Rule
entails processing by brand
Purchase and Postpurchase Activities
Antecedent States -> Purchase Environment -> Postpurchase Processes
Shopping Orientation
Economic consumer Personalized consumer Ethical consumer Apathetic consumer Recreational shopper
Atmospherics
Conscious designing of space and dimensions to evoke certain effects in buyers
Expectancy disconfirmation mode
consumers form beliefs of product quality based on prior performance
Acting on Dissatisfaction - Threee ways consumers act on dissatisfaction
Voice response: Appeal to retailer directly
Private response: Express dissatisfaction to friends or boycott store
Third-party response: legal action
Gemba
One true source of information
Total Quality Management
How people actually interact with their environment in order to identify potential problems
Reference group
Actual or imaginary individual/group conceived of having significant relevance upon an individual’s evaluations, aspirations, or behaviour
Types of Reference Groups
Normative influence
Helps to set and enforce fundamental standards of conduct
Comparative influence
Decisions about specific brands or activities are affected
Brand Communities and Tribes
A group of consumers who share a set of social relationships based upon usage or interest in a product
Types of Social Power
- Referent power
- Legitimate power
- Reward power
- Information power
- Expert power
- Coercive power
Foot in the door technique
Ask for a small request then hit them up for something bigger
Low-ball technique
Asked for small favour that becomes costly
Door in the face technique
First ask to do something extreme, and when they refuse the person will then ask for a smaller request
Deindividuation
individual identities become submerged within a group