MKT 310- Exam 2 Flashcards

1
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One to which a person either belongs or would qualify for membership (ex: group of poker)

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membership group

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2
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One in which an individual is not likely to receive membership despite acting like a member (ex: professional tennis player)

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symbolic group

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3
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A person or group that serves as a point of comparison for an individual in the formation of either general or specific values, attitudes, or behavior

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reference group

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4
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development of basic codes of behavior

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normative reference groups

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5
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  • a group of individuals whom you compare yourself against & may strive to be like
  • influence the expression of specific consumer attitudes and behavior
  • informal

ex: celebrities and hereos

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comparative reference groups

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6
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individuals or groups with whom a person identifies does not have direct face-to-face contacts, such as movie stars, sports heroes, political leaders, or TV personalities
- celebrity endorsement

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indirect reference groups

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7
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leader brands can encourage reference __

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conformity (considered safe)

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8
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new brands or market followers can encourage ________

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being different (considered unsafe)

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9
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  • relative wealth (amount of economic assets)
  • power (degree of influence over others)
  • prestige (degree of recognition received from others)
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social status

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10
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  • consumers endeavor to increase their social standing through consumption
  • very important for luxury goods
  • is different from conspicuous consumption (for being seen)
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status consumption

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11
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Parents, and grandparents (normative group) is passing ______ to their children.

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(national) superego

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12
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The sum total of learned beliefs, values, and customs that serve to regulate the consumer behavior of members of a particular society

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culture

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13
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large number of verbal statements that reflect a person’s assessment on something

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beliefs

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14
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Few in number, guide appropriate behavior, enduring and difficult to change, not tied to objects, and widely accepted by members of society.

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values

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15
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usual and acceptable ways of behaving
- routinized behaviors

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customs

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16
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a type of symbolic activity consisting of a series of steps with a fixed sequence and repeated
- extend over the human life cycle
- marketers realize that … often involves products (artifacts)

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ritual

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17
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A distinct cultural group that exists as an identifiable segment within a larger, more complex society

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subculture
(nations within broader nations)

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18
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In Europe, subcultures are created by _____ and ____ (ex: Catalonia in Spain)

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history; geography

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19
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In the US, subcultures are created by ______ ____

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ethnic orgin

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20
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ways to segment a nationality culture

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Combination of:
- self-identification
- degree of identification

someone who has been living in paris, has a morocco origin, but also is from the EU…. you will have to decide what “layer” you want to identify with

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21
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the process by which children acquire the skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary to function as consumers
- peer influence in teenagers
- coshopping with mothers and children

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consumer socialization

22
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The division of members of a society into a hierarchy of distinct status classes, so that members of each class have either higher or lower status than members of other classes.

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social class

23
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the shift in an individual’s social status from one status to another

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social mobility

24
Q

The US and many Western countries based their aspirations on upward _____________
– Reference groups were the upper class
- “Pezzi a novanta” (The Godfather)
- American dream

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social mobility

25
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recent evidence shows signs of ____ ____ and ____ in social mobility

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downward mobility; decrease

26
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  • The “___” 50 percent of household incomes
  • Households made up of college-educated adults (who use computers; are involved in children’s education)
  • based on income, education, and occupation
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middle class

27
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  • Households earning $40,000 or less control more than 30 percent of the total income in the U.S.
  • These consumers tend to be more brand loyal than other consumers
  • illegal immigrants constitute a growing class in the U.S. and many other Western countries
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lower class (also known as working class)

28
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the learning of one’s own culture
- normally learned when you’re a kid

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enculturation

29
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the learning of a new or foreign culture
(being exposed)

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acculturation

30
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The process by which one person informally influences the consumption actions or attitudes of others who may be opinion seekers or opinion recipients

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opinion leadership

31
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  • informal flow of information from one consumer to the other
  • No one represents a commercial selling source gaining something out of the transaction
  • based on friendship; family links
  • Roles can change over time: opinion leaders can become seekers or recipients
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word-of-mouth

32
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  • Self-confirmation and self-involvement
  • Social involvement
  • Product involvement
  • Message Involvement
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needs of opinion leaders

33
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  • new product or new usage information
  • reduction of perceived risk
  • Reduction of search time
  • Receiving the approval of the opinion leader
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needs of opinion receivers

34
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The ____ _____ process usually takes place among friends, neighbors, and work associates that hold informal product-related conversations
- These conversations usually occur naturally in the context of the product-category usage

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opinion leadership

35
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interpersonal flow of communication (2)

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  • two-step flow
  • multistep flow
36
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A communication model that portrays opinion leaders as direct receivers of information from mass media sources who, in turn, interpret and transmit this information

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two-step flow

37
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A revision of the traditional two-step theory that shows multiple communication flows

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multistep flow

38
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The stages through which an individual consumer passes in arriving at a decision to try (or not to try), to continue using (or discontinue using) a new product.

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adoption process (micro-process)

39
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  • firm-oriented definitions
  • product-oriented definitions
  • market-oriented definitions
  • consumer-oriented definitions
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innovations (defining)

40
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Innovations:

Product is “new” to the company

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firm-oriented definitions

41
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Innovations:

___: continuous, dynamically continuous, discontinuous

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product-oriented definitions

42
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Innovations:

___: based on consumer exposure

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market-oriented definitions

43
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Innovations:

___: consumer judges it as “new” regardless of the physical features or market realities

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consumer-oriented definitions

44
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time vs sales

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adopter categories

45
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adopter categories: ____

  • the gatekeeper of the market
  • decides the destiny of the product
  • not common consumers (behaves more as a B2B → choose a product based on price, quality, performance)
  • very important because if they don’t buy it the first time you won’t have a market
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innovators

46
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adopter categories: ___

look at innervation but also the ‘cool’ technology → becomes B2C where physiological factors (social status, etc.) play a role in choosing a product

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Early adopters

47
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adopter categories: ___

use the technology because they will be left out without it

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Laggards

48
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  • defining the consumer innovator (the relatively small group of consumers who are the earliest purchasers of a new product)
  • interest in the product category (very interested)
  • the innovator is an opinion leader (provides other consumers with information and advice)
  • personality traits (more open than non-innovators; need for uniqueness; variety-seeking; inner-directed)
A

Issues in profiling consumer innovators

49
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the shift in an individual’s social status from one status to another

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social mobility

50
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Is the primitive and instinctual part of the mind that contains sexual and aggressive drives and hidden memories

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id

51
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operates as a moral conscience

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super-ego

52
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is the realistic part that mediates between the desires of the id and the super-ego

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ego