Consumer Behavior Flashcards
(104 cards)
pester power
power that the pesterer, usually children, have over the decider
Four P’s of marketing
price, product, promotion, place
environmental stimuli of product choice
economic, technologic, political, sociocultural, natural
types of consumer response
affective, cognitive, conative
affective consumer response
relating to emotional response
cognitive consumer response
refer to the consumer’s thought processes
conative consumer response
refer to the consumer’s observable responses in relation to the purchase and disposal of goods or services
buyers decision process
problem recognition, information search, alternative evaluation,
purchase decision, post purchase.
things affecting buyer’s decision process
Marketing stimuli, buyer’s responses, environmental stimuli, buyers characteristics
buyer’s Characteristics
Attitudes Motivation, perceptions, personality, lifestyle, knowledge
the decision model parts
interpersonal stimuli, intrapersonal stimuli, environmental stim, marketing stim
black box model
Marketing theory of consumer buying behavior in which what goes on within the human mind (the black box) is ignored, in favor of discovering which inputs (stimuli) produce the desired output (buying response).
low involvement decision
routine habitual consumption decisions
high involvement decision
require a serious investment of time and effort in the search and evaluation process
problem recognition
the difference between the consumer’s current state and their desired state. the strength of this need drives the whole process.
information search
consumers scan both their internal memory and external sources for information about products. Used to identify a list of realistic purchase options
alternative evaluation
Throughout the entire process, the consumer engages in a series of mental evaluations of alternatives, searching for the best value
purchase intention
near the end of the alternative evaluation consumers form a purchase intention, which may or may not translate into an actual product purchase
post purchase
a stage in which the purchaser’s actual experience of the product is compared with the expectations formed during the information search and evaluation stages
classes of problem solving
extensive problem, limited problem solving, routinized problem solving.
ways to become aware of a problem
out of stock, regular purchase, dissatisfaction, new needs or wants, related products, marketer induced problem recognition, new products and categories
Related products
one product may trigger the need for accessories, spare parts or complementary goods and services
Marketer-induced problem recognition
When marketing activity persuades consumers of a problem (usually a problem that the consumer did not realise they had)
evoked set
the set of brands that a consumer can elicit from memory and is typically a very small set of some 3- 5 alternatives