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Chapter 3 Consumer Behavior - How People Make Buying Decisions

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Consumer Behavior   The study of when, where, and how people buy things and then dispose of them  
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Search Advertising   Advertising that appears on the Web apges pulled up when online searches are conducted.  
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Evaluation Criteria   Certain characteristics of products consumers consider when they are making buying decisions  
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PostPurchase Dissonance   A situation in which consumers rethink their decisions after purchasing products and wonder if they made the best decision (aka buyers remorse)  
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Planned obsolescense   A deliberate effort by companies to make their products obsolete, after a period of time  
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Impulse buying   Purchasing a product with no planning or forethought.  
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Level of involvement   how personally important or interested you are in consuming a product  
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Low-involvement products   aren’t necessarily purchased on impulse, although they can be. Low-involvement products are, however, inexpensive and pose a low risk to the buyer if she makes a mistake by purchasing them.  
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Routine response behavior   When consumers make automatic purchase decisions based on limited information or information they have gathered in the past.  
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High-involvement products   Products that carry a high price tag or high level of risk to the individual or group making the decision.  
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Extended problem solving   Purchasing decisions in which a consumer gathers a significant amount of information before making a decision.  
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Limited problem solving   Purchasing decisions made based on consideration of some outside information.  
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Atmospherics   the physical aspects of the selling environment retailers try to control.  
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1.Openness   How open you are to new experiences.  
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2.Conscientiousness   How diligent you are.  
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3.Extraversion   How outgoing or shy you are.  
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4.Agreeableness   How easy you are to get along with.  
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5.Neuroticism   How prone you are to negative mental states.  
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Personality   An individuals disposition as other people see it  
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Self-concept   How a person sees himself or herself.  
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Ideal self   How a person would like to view himself or herself  
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Chronological Age   persons age in years.  
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Cognitive Age   The age a buyer perceives himself or herself to be  
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Psychographics   Measuring the attitudes, values, lifestyles, and opinions of consumers using demographics  
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Motivation   the inward drive we have to get what we need.  
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Perception   How people interpret the world around them.  
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Selective perception   the process of filtering out information based on how relevant it is to you.  
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Selective retention   the process whereby a person retains information based on how well it matches their values and beliefs.  
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Shock advertising   Advertising designed to startle people so as to get their attention.  
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Subliminal advertising   Advertising that is not apparent to consumers but is thought to be perceived subconsciously by them.  
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Learning   refers to the process by which consumers change their behavior after they gain information or experience a product.  
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Operant conditioning   a type of behavior that's repeated when it's rewarded.  
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Attitudes   “mental positions” or emotional feelings people have about products, services, companies, ideas, issues, or institutions.  
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Culture   the shared beliefs, customs, behaviors, and attitudes that characterize a society.  
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Subculture   a group of people within a culture who are different from the dominant culture but have something in common with one another—common interests, vacations,jobs...  
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Social class   a group of people who have the same social, economic, or educational status in society.  
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Reference groups   groups a consumer identifies with and wants to join.  
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Opinion leaders   people with expertise in certain areas.  
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