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Consumer Behavoir 1

Consumer Behavoir Exam #1

TermDefinition
The Four P's Price, Promotion, Place, Product
Consumer Behavior the study of how individuals make decisions to spend their available resources (time, money, effort) on consumption-related items
Groups of consumers Apostles, hostages, mercenaries
Profitability Levels Platinum, Gold, Iron, Lead
Personal Consumer buys products or services for one owns consumption
Organizational Consumer buys products or services to sustain another business
Production Orientation -From the 1850's to the mid 1950's -Companies focus on producing - Consumer demand exceeds supply - Demand > Supply - Works if there's a high demand and a low supply
Sales Orientation - From the 1930's to the mid 1950's - Focus on selling - Supply exceeded customer demand - Demand < Supply - Birth of retailers to help suppliers reach consumers
Marketing Concept - 1950's to present- focus on the customer! - Determine the needs and wants of specific target markets - Deliver satisfaction better than the competition
Societal Marketing Concept - Considers consumers' and society's long-run best interests - Good corporate citizenship
Consumer Research - marketing research that yields information about the motives and needs of different classes of consumers
Market Segmentation process of dividing the market into subsets of consumers with common needs or characteristics
Market Targeting The process of evaluating each market segment’s attractiveness and selecting one or more segments to enter.
Positioning Giving (creating) a personality to a product. Developing a distinct image for the product in the mind of the consumer
Consumer Behavior is... Interdisciplinary: Psychology, Sociology, Social Psychology, Anthropology,and Economics
The Consumer Research Process 1.) Stating Research Objectives 2.) Collecting Secondary Data (quantitative and qualitative 3.) Collecting Primary data
Secondary Research data that has already been received and is publicly available, was collected for reasons other than the specific research project at hand
Primary Research New research, will be quantitative or qualitative
Quantitative Data One exact answer ex) age, weight, gender
Qualitative Data Open ended answer ex) one-on-one interviews, non-structured interviews, interviewer will probe to get more feedback
Internal Data - Data generated in-house - May include analysis of customer profile - useful for calculating customer lifetime value
External Data - Data collected by an outside organization - Includes federal gov't, periodicals, newspapers, books, search engines - Commercial data is also available from market research firms
Focus Group - 8-10 participants - Respondents are recruited through a screener questionnare - Lasts about 2 hours - Always taped or video taped to assist analysis - Often held in front of two-way mirrors -
Mechanical Observational Research - uses mechanical or electronic device to record consumer behavior or response - consumers' increased use of highly convenient technologies will create more records for marketers - ex) traffic counters, videotape technology, and frequent shopper cards
Likert Scales Asked to agree or disagree with a statement Easy to prepare & interpret Simple for consumers
Semantic differential scales Includes bipolar adjectives Relatively easy to construct and administer
Behavior intention scales Measures likelihood consumers will act a certain way Easy to construct and administer
Rank-order scales Items ranked in order of preference in terms of some criteria
Market Segmentation Process of identifying groups of people who behave in similar ways to each other, but somewhat differently than other groups
Demographic Segmentation Age, Gender, Marital Status, Family-Life Cycle, Education, Income, and Occupation
Geo-demographic Segmentation Based on geography and demographics People who live close to one another are similar
Personality A unique combination of psychological characteristics that lead to consistent behavior
Lifestyles Psychographics Includes activities, interests, and opinions They explain buyer’s purchase decisions and choices
Usage Rate Heavy, medium, light are examples. The awareness status.
Usage-Situation Segmentation Segmenting on the basis of special occasions or situations
Benefits Segmentation Benefits sought represent consumer needs
Concentrated Marketing One segment
Differentiated Marketing Several segments with individual marketing mixes
Generic Need Recognition Occurs when consumers realize they have a need for a general product category
Selective Need Recognition The result of stimulating the need for a specific brand within a category
Ongoing Search When information acquisition takes place on a relatively regular basis, regardless of sporadic purchase needs
The Consumer Decision Process represents a road map of consumers’ minds that marketers and managers can use to help guide product mix, communications, and sales strategies 1)Need Recognition 2)Search for info 3)Evaluation of alternative 4)Purchase 5)Consumption 6)Divestment
Internal Search Whether or not you have the information? Were you satisfied with your last purchase?
Marketer Dominated External Search Information about a product from ads, sales person, website
Non-marketer Dominated External Search Information about a product from anyone or anything that's not the company selling the product or service
Pre-purchase Evaluation of Alternatives The process of evaluating alternatives identified from search, which leads to a product or brand selection most likely to satisfy the consumer
Evaluative criteria standards and specifications used to compare different products and brands
Salient attributes Examples are price and reliability are important to all consumers
Determinant attributes Are a car’s style and finish usually determine which brand or store consumers choose. These are specific to each consumer.
Experience attributes Are ones that are difficult to evaluate pre-purchase
The Categorization Process The evaluation of a choice alternative based on the evaluation of the category to which it is assigned Categories may be general or specific
The Piecemeal Process Constructing an evaluation of a choice alternative by considering its advantages and disadvantages along important product dimensions
Cut-off Restriction or requirement for acceptable performance
Compensatory Evaluates each brand in terms of each relevant attribute and then selects the brand with the highest weighted score
Non-compensatory Positive evaluation of a brand attribute does not compensate for a negative evaluation of the same brand on some other attribute
Lexicographic Strategy Brands are compared initially on the most important attribute, and the winner is chosen. If more than one is evaluated similarly on that attribute, the second most important is considered, and so on, until a winner is identified.
Conjunctive Strategy Each brand is compared, one at a time, against a set of attributes which is established for each salient attribute. If a brand meets the cutoffs for all attributes, it is chosen.
Purchase Behavior Trial purchase, repeat purchases, long-term commitment
Post-purchase Evaluation Actual performance matches expectations-neutral feelings, actual performance exceeds expectations-positive dis-confirmation of expectations, performance below expectations-negative dis-confirmation of expectations
Divestment How consumers dispose of the packaging or leftovers of a product
Extensive Problem Solving A lot of info needed, must establish a set of criteria for evaluation
Limited Problem Solving Criteria for evaluation established, fine tuning with additional info
Routinized Response Behavoir Usually review what they already know, habitual
Four Views of Consumer Decision Making Economic, passive, cognitive, and emotional
Gifting Behavoir The act of symbolic communication, with explicit and implicit meanings ranging from congratulations to I Love You!
Motivations Represents the drive to satisfy both physiological and psychological needs through product, purchase, and consumption
Goals The means through which sought after results (desired states) of motivated behavior can be achieved
Generic Goals General categories of goals
Needs The essence of the marketing concept. Marketers do not create them but can make consumers aware of them.
Product-specific Goals Specifically branded products or services that consumers select as their goals
Innate Needs Physiological (or bio-genic) needs that are considered primary needs or motives
Acquired Needs Learned in response to our culture or environment. Are generally psychological and considered secondary needs
Substitute Goals Are used when a consumer cannot attain a specific goal he/she anticipates will satisfy a need
Defense Mechanisms Aggression, Rationalization, Regression, Withdrawl
Arousal of Motives Physiological, emotional, cognitive, and environmental
Behaviorist School Behavior is response to stimulus, elements of conscious thoughts are to be ignored, consumer does not act, but reacts
Cognitive School Behavior is directed at goal achievement, needs and past experiences are reasoned, categorized and transformed into attitudes and beliefs
Motivational Intensity The degree to which consumers are motivated to satisfy a need
Approach Goal A positive goal toward which behavior is directed
Avoidance Goal A negative goal from which behavior is directed away
Motivational Conflict Satisfying a need often comes at the expense of another need—these trade-offs cause ______
Approach-approach Deciding between two or more desirable options
Approach-avoidance Behavior has both positive and negative consequences
Avoidance-avoidance Deciding between two or more undesirable options
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Physiological, safety and security, social, ego, and self actualization
Trio of Needs Power, Affiliation, Achievement
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