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MKTG 250 Ch. 5
Vocab Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Consumer behavior | consist 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 actions |
| Purchase decision process | consists of the five stages a buyer passes |
| Problem Recognition | Perceiving a need. Difference between Consumer’s ideal and actual situation |
| Information search | Seeking value: internal search, external search: personal sources, public sources (Better Business Bureau & Kelly Blue Book), marketer-dominated sources (websites & salespeople). |
| Alternate evaluation stage | Assessing value. Suggest criteria for purchase, yields brands that meet criteria. Develops value perception. |
| Purchase decision | Buying value. Making the purchase decision: Decide from whom to buy and when to buy |
| Post purchase behavior | Realizing value. Customer satisfaction studies: Satisfied customers tell three people. Dissatisfied customers tell nine people. 90 percent of dissatisfied customers will not buy product again. Satisfied buyers will buy from the same seller again. |
| Involvement | the personal, social, and economic significance of the purchase to the consumer |
| Situational influences: Purchase task | reason behind decision. |
| Situational influences: Social surroundings | includes other people |
| Situational influences: Physical surroundings | décor, music, crowds. |
| Situational influences: Temporal effects | time of day and time available |
| Situational influences: Antecedent states | consumer’s mood, circumstances, money. |
| Perceived risk | the anxiety felt because the consumer cannot anticipate the outcomes of a purchase but believes that there may be negative consequences |
| Brand loyalty | a favorable attitude toward and consistent purchase of a single brand over time |
| Word of mouth | influencing of people during conversations. |
| Opinion leaders | individuals who exert direct or indirect social influence over others. |
| 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 |
| Subculture | the subgroups within the larger, or national, culture with unique values, ideas, and attitudes. |