Family Decision Making Flashcards
(47 cards)
what are the types of family decision making (3)
- accommodation
- consensus
- de facto
accommodation (2)
- go with dominant person’s view
- power is a critical factor
consensus (2)
- mutual agreement
- most ideal, but involved compromise
de factor
- no dissent; no one really cares
syncratic family decision making (2)
- husband and wife share decisions equally and collaboratively come to a conclusion
- seen as most ideal
autonomic family decision making (2)
- spouses make equal # of decisions independently
- delegate decisions by subject and solve them independently
complexity of family decision making (3)
- depends on # of family members involved
- whether the manager makes the decisions or involves others
- whether conflict is the usual pattern or they make the decision smoothly
what is a key family decision
- division of labour in the household
what determines influence (5)
- emotional interdependence: ability to control another or influence consensus
- commitment to relationship; response to partner’s suggestions
- closeness of couples = more likely to come to consensus
- degree of cooperativeness and communication between them
- level of education (more knowledge in certain areas)
what are the characteristics of male same sex couple’s purchase decisions (3)
- highly egalitarian, joint decisions, wanting consensus
- greater resources (income and occupational status) increase influence
- main conflict resolution style: compromise
conflict resolution styles (3)
- compromise
- aggression
- avoidance
compromise (3)
- positive
- decreases influence
- increases joint decisions
aggression (3)
- negative
- increases influence
- no effect on joint decisions
avoidance
- negative
- decreases influence
- no effect on joint decisions
what types of power are most relevant for influencing opinions (5)
- expertise
- legitimate reasoning
- referent or attraction (to have others want to please you)
- reward (positive)
- coercive (strategies, negative)
what affects a child’s influence (4)
- active social power
- passive social power
- decision history
- preference intensity
active social power
- directly asking, bargaining, appealing to parent, or guilting them
passive social power
- family knows what child does/doesn’t like without child actively requesting
decision history (2)
- know what they can do to get their way (tantrums, info presentation, etc)
- builds confidence for future successful influence
social power used by 8-11 year olds (4)
- expertise: most effective
- referent: select product that parents already approve of
- reward: show affection, ask nicely, just ask, bargain
- coercive: anger, beg, or con
what is the result of viewing oneself as more influential
- elicits more negative than positive influence attempts
are parent and child assessment of influence correlated
- yes
positive child role in shopping (2)
- like to go grocery shopping
- girls often helpful
non-supportive tasks of shopping children (3)
- browsing store and running around playing games
- playing with products and carts
- opening/trying products