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Chapter 5 Marketing
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Consumer Behavior | consists of the actions a person takes in purchasing and using products and services. Including the mental and social processes that come before and after these decisions. |
| Stages of Purchase Decision Process: | consists of 5 stages a buyer passes through in making choices about which products and services to buy |
| Stage 1 of Purchase Decision Process: | Problem Recognition, perceiving a need |
| Stage 2 of Purchase Decision Process: | Information Research, seeking value. Internal vs external search |
| Stage 3 of Purchase Decision Process: | Alternative Evaluation, assessing value. Suggests criteria for the purchase |
| Stage 4 of Purchase Decision Process: | Purchase Decision, buying value. Deciding from whom and when to buy. |
| Stage 5 of Purchase Decision Process: | Post purchase behavior, realizing value. Satisfied customers tell 3 people, dissatisfied tell 9. |
| Involvement | personal, social, and economic significance of the purchase to the consumer. Effects problem solving. |
| Problem Solving Variation: High Involvement, extended problem solving | lots of brands examined, sellers considered, products evaluated, external sources used, and time spent researching. Decreases as you go down. |
| Problem Solving Variation: Medium Involvement, | limited problem solving |
| Problem Solving Variation: Low Involvement, routine problem solving | Maintain product quality and avoid stock outs. |
| Situational Influences: Purchase task | reason behind decision |
| Situational Influences: Social Surrounding | includes other people |
| Situational Influences: Physical Surroundings | decor, music, crowds |
| Situational Influences: temporal effects | time of day and time available |
| Situational Influences: antecedent effects | consumers mood, circumstances, and money |
| Consumer touchpoints: | company rating and reviews. |
| Consumer journey maps | before, during, and after purchase |
| Perceived risk | anxiety felt because the consumer cannot anticipate the outcomes of a purchase but believes there may be negative consequences. |
| Brand Loyalty | a favorable attitude toward and consistent purchase of a single brand over time |
| Opinion of leaders | individuals who exert direct or indirect social influence over others |
| Word of mouth | influencing people during conversations Powerful source for consumers Influencer marketing |
| Family Life Cycle | consists of the distinct phases that a family progresses through from formation to retirement, each phase bringing with it identifiable purchasing behaviors. |
| Consumer socialization: | children learn to purchase by their own experience and watching their parents |
| Subculture | subgroups within the larger, or national, culture with unique values, ideas, and attitudes |