Test 2 Flashcards
Define subculture
A segment of a larger culture whose members share distinguishing values and patterns of behavior
What are common subcultures?
Ethnic groups
Religion
Geographic regions
Generations
Ethnic subcultures define
When shared behaviors are based on a common racial, language, or national background
Event marketing
Creating or sponsoring an event that has a particular appeal to a market segment
What’re are all the ethnic sub cultures?
African Americans Hispanics Asian Americans Native Americans Asian Indian Americans Arab Americans
What’re African Americans buying power?
1.1 trillion
African American demographics
Younger, less educated, lower income
Marketing to African Americans
Buy more national brands
Shop as a form of recreation
Where are African Americans most largely populated?
South, north east, and Midwest
Acculturation define
The degree which an immigrant has adapted to his new culture
Hispanic Americans buying power
1.2 trillion
Marketing to Hispanic Americans
Extremely brand loyal, and less receptive to advertisements
Hispanic consumer groups
First generation (migrated to America, have both cultures) Second generation (bilingual) Third generation (speak English as first language)
Asian Americans
Highest educated, largest income
Believes in saving, buys in small quantities
Most diverse group
Asian American buyin power
713 billion
Asian Indian American consumer groups
Place high value on education
Concerned with financial security
Husbands have dominant decision making roles
Arab Americans consumer group
Tired of negative stereotyping about their culture
Majority identify as Christians
Religious subcultures
Christian
Non Christian
Christian subcultures
Roman Catholic
Protestant
Borne again Christian
Non Christian sub cultures
Jewish
Muslim
Buddhist
Religion subcultures arise as a following of…
Climate conditions
Natural environment
Characteristics of various immigrant groups
Political events
Define household
All the people who occupy a housing unit
What’re the types of households?
Family house hold
Non family household
Family household define
Having at least two members related by brith, marriage of adoption
Nonfamily household define
Householder living alone or with roommates
Multigenerational household
Household containing two adult generations or a grandparent and another generation
Household life cycle
Younger (35)
Middle aged (35-64)
Older (64)
Younger stage in HLC
Single 1 (recreational and leisure items)
Young couples: no children
Full nest 1
Single parent 1
Middle aged stage in HLC
Middle-aged single Empty nest 1 Delayed full nest 1 Full nest 2 Single parent 2
Older stage in HLC
Empty nest 2
Older single
Family purchase roles(6)
Initiators Information gathers Influencers Decision maker Purchaser User
Determinants of family purchase roles
Culture
Role specialization
Involvement
Personal characteristics (education and income)
Conflict resolution
Bargaining Impression management (lying about facts) Use of authority Reasoning Playing on emotion Additional information
The content of consumer socialization (3)
Consumer skills
Consumption related preferences
Consumption related patterns
Consumer skills define
Capabilities necessary for purchases to occur such as understanding money, budgeting, product evaluation
Consumption related preferences define
Knowledge, and values that cause people to frat house different evaluations to products and brands
Consumption related attitudes
Cognitive orientations towards advertisement, sales people and warranties
Reference group
A group that an individual uses as a guide for behavior in a specific situation
Groups are classified by these variables
Membership
Strength of social ties
Type of contact
Attraction
What is dichotomous ?
The membership criteria (either you’re a member or you’re not)