Personality Flashcards
Personality defined
the inner physcological characteristics that both determin and refelct how a person responds to his or her enviornment
Nature of personality (individual differences, consistent and enduring and personality can change)
individual personality-no two individuals are exactly are alike
personality can change based on marriage death
Freudian theory
a thoery of personality and motivation developed by sigman frued
unconsoius needs and drives, like sex
Neo-Freudian theory
disagree with freud instead social relationships are essiential to the development of a personality
Trait theory
a quantitative focus on the measurements of specif phsycological characteristics
Consumer innovativeness vs. consumer dogmatism
Consumer innovativeness- the degree as to which consumers are receptive to new procudes, new services or new practices
consumer dogmatism- perosonality trait that measure the degree of reigitity vs openness about how people feel about things that are contratary to their consumer beliefs
Optimum stimulation level
high- linked to greater risks to try new products, innovative
low osl- are more conservative
Sensation seeking (variety or novelty seeking)
variety or novelty seeking-
similiar to osl they seek complex sensations and experiences and willingness to take social risks
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Cognitive personality factors ( need for cognition, visualizers vs. verbalizers)
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measures a persons cravings for enjoying thinkning
Fixed vs. compulsive consumption behavior
fixed behavior- are passionate aout their products and are passionate about products
compulsive cnsumption behavior- abnormal behavior out of control exaple- gambling drug addiction, alcoholism
Consumer ethnocentrism vs. cosmopolitanism
Consumer ethnocentrism- predisostion of accepting / rejecting foiegn made products
cosmopolitanism- open to every product reguardless where it is made
Brand personality
emotional idenitity of brand
nike and athletes
Service personality traits (table 5.10)
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Brand personification
giving human like charactisitcis to the brand
Self- image (actual, ideal, social, expected, ought to, extended)
actual- how consumers see themselves
ideal- would like to see themselves
social- how they feel others see them
expected- how consumers expect to see themselves in the future
extended- inter relationship between consumers self images and their possesions