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What does the concept of consumer behavior primarily focus on?

  • The marketing strategies employed by companies to attract customers
  • The entire process of consumption including pre-purchase and post-purchase activities (correct)
  • Only the purchasing decisions of individuals
  • The interactions between producers and consumers during sales
  • In the context of the consumption process, who might influence the purchasing decision but not actually complete the purchase?

  • A market researcher studying consumer trends
  • The direct purchaser of the product
  • An influencer such as a celebrity or friend (correct)
  • The user of the product
  • Which of the following best describes the change in focus from buyer behavior to consumer behavior?

  • From solely understanding sales to analyzing long-term consumer engagement (correct)
  • From understanding consumer needs to analyzing production methods
  • From study focused on purchases to including emotional connections with products
  • From examining only product usage to evaluating consumer demographics
  • What role can organizations play in consumer behavior?

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    What is a key aspect of the consumer behavior process that distinguishes it from traditional buyer behavior?

    <p>The inclusion of social influences and experiences at all stages of consumption (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is ethnocentrism?

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    Which of the following describes the concept of loss aversion?

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    What does the sunk-cost fallacy refer to?

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    What is the 'nudge' concept in behavioral economics?

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    How does 'framing' influence decision-making?

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    What does market segmentation allow organizations to do?

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    Which segment accounts for 80% of sales according to the 80/20 rule?

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    What is psychographics in the context of market segmentation?

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    What is a critical aspect of relationship marketing?

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    Which of the following is NOT a type of consumer attachment mentioned?

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    What is the main goal of database marketing?

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    How does the Internet of Things (IoT) affect consumer products?

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    How is popular culture both influenced by and influences marketing?

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    What do brand images help consumers do?

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    What is the major difference between a need and a want?

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    What does Big Data primarily involve?

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    What role does Web 2.0 play in marketing?

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    How do motivations to consume influence consumer behavior?

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    What is the primary focus of Consumer Culture Theory?

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    Which paradigm emphasizes the existence of a single, objective truth discoverable by science?

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    What is the first step in the consumer consumption process?

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    What do consumer trends represent?

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    Which of the following best describes the impact of the unconscious mind on consumer behavior?

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    What role does default choice play in consumer decision-making?

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    How does willpower impact consumers' purchasing decisions?

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    What is a significant factor companies need to consider when launching a new product?

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    What is NOT an objective of consumer behavior research?

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    What aspect of consumer behavior does sociology study?

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    Which statement accurately reflects interpretivism?

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    The phrase 'the world is a pastiche' indicates what about contemporary culture?

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    Why do companies track consumer trends?

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    What is the primary difference between internal search and external search?

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    Which of the following best describes brand switching?

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    How does sensory-specific satiety encourage variety seeking in consumers?

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    What is the evoked set in consumer behavior?

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    What does the consideration set consist of?

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    Which term describes a complex situation where consumers are overwhelmed by too many product features?

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    What is cognitive dissonance in the context of consumer decision-making?

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    How does social scoring impact consumer behavior?

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    What role do intelligent agents play in consumer behavior?

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    Which term describes the organizational structure of beliefs in a consumer's mind?

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    What is the basic level category in the context of product categorization?

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    What is a hybrid product?

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    How does search engine optimization (SEO) benefit companies?

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    What is the long tail concept in sales?

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    What is the primary focus of habitual decision making?

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    What type of consumer decision-making involves a high degree of perceived risk?

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    In the context of decision-making, what does 'consumer hyperchoice' refer to?

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    Which strategy helps marketers reduce consumers’ perception of risk?

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    What characterizes cognitive decision-making?

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    What is a key element in the information search stage of the consumer decision-making process?

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    Which tactic can aid in overcoming habitual buying behavior for non-customers?

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    What do 'implemental intentions' in self-regulation enable consumers to do?

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    During which part of goal pursuit does promotion motivation play a crucial role?

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    What is a primary difference between affective decision-making and cognitive decision-making?

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    Which of the following is considered a feedback loop in consumer decision-making?

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    What triggers the need recognition phase in the consumer decision-making process?

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    What is one of the main goals of marketing communications aimed at existing customers?

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    What might be a consequence of purchase momentum during shopping?

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    Which of the following is NOT a determinant attribute for many consumers?

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    Which decision rule allows a product to compensate for weaknesses in one area with strengths in another?

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    What concept describes the mental shortcuts we use when making decisions, potentially leading to biases?

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    Which of the following is NOT a factor contributing to brand loyalty?

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    What is the main advantage of using a superordinate category when comparing dissimilar products?

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    Which of the following is an example of a category exemplar?

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    What is the primary reason why products that don't clearly fit into categories can be challenging for consumers?

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    Which decision rule prioritizes attributes based on their importance, making comparisons sequentially until a tie is broken?

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    Which of the following is an example of how covariation can influence purchase decisions?

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    Which decision rule involves setting minimum standards for each attribute and selecting the option that meets all those standards?

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    What is the primary difference between inertia and brand loyalty?

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    Which of the following is NOT a benefit of positioning a product within a specific category?

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    Which of the following decision rules is most likely to lead to a purchase decision based on a laundry list of features even if many of them are not particularly important to the consumer?

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    Which of the following actions would likely result in a repositioning strategy?

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    Which of the following statements about decision rules is TRUE?

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    Flashcards

    Consumer behavior

    The study of how and why individuals or groups acquire, consume, and dispose of products.

    Paradigm

    A set of beliefs that guide our understanding of the world.

    Paradigm shift

    When a new set of beliefs challenges and replaces the currently dominant paradigm.

    Positivism

    Focuses on objective truth and the consumer as a rational decision-maker.

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    Interpretivism

    Emphasizes subjective meaning and multiple interpretations of consumer behavior.

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    Consumer Culture Theory

    A type of interpretivist approach to consumer behavior that views consumption as a social and cultural practice.

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    Pastiche

    A mixture of images and ideas, often creating a sense of fragmentation and uncertainty.

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    Consumer trends

    Underlying values that drive consumers toward certain products and services.

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    The unconscious mind

    Unconscious psychological processes that influence consumer decisions.

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    Defaults

    The default option that is selected unless the consumer actively chooses something else.

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    Willpower reserves

    The mental energy required to resist impulses and make choices.

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    Consumer consumption process

    The process by which consumers identify a need, make a purchase, and dispose of products.

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    Consumer research

    The process of gathering information about consumers to understand their needs and behavior.

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    Consumer targeting

    Identifying the target audience for a product or service based on their needs and preferences.

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    Importance of consumer behavior

    The impact of consumers on marketing strategies and business decisions.

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    Consumer Behavior in Marketing

    The idea that companies exist to satisfy needs and that understanding consumer preferences is crucial for marketing success.

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    Market Segmentation

    Dividing consumers into groups based on shared characteristics, enabling targeted marketing efforts.

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    80/20 Rule

    A principle that highlights that a small percentage of customers generate a significant portion of a business's revenue.

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    Ethnocentrism

    The tendency to prefer products from our own culture or country, often believing they are superior to others.

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    Demographics

    Observable characteristics of a population, such as age, gender, income, and location, which can influence consumer behavior.

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    Sunk-Cost Fallacy

    The tendency to continue with a course of action, even if it's not beneficial, because we've already invested time, money, or effort.

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    Psychographics

    Psychological and lifestyle characteristics that influence consumer choices and preferences.

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    Relationship Marketing

    Building long-term relationships with customers, promoting brand loyalty and repeat business.

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    Framing Effect

    A subtle change in how information is presented that influences someone's choice, even if the underlying options stay the same.

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    Priming

    A cue or stimulus that makes us more likely to react in a certain way, even if we're unaware of its influence.

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    Self-Concept Attachment

    A personal connection with a product, where the product reflects the user's identity.

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    Nudge

    A deliberate design change that influences behavior by making the desired option the easiest or default choice.

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    Nostalgic Attachment

    A product that triggers nostalgic feelings and links a consumer to a past version of themselves.

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    Interdependence Attachment

    A product that's integrated into a consumer's daily routine, becoming essential for their activities.

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    Love Attachment

    A deep emotional bond with a product, based on love, passion, or other strong feelings.

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    Database Marketing

    Using customer data to personalize marketing messages and product offerings to meet individual needs.

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    Big Data

    The collection and analysis of massive amounts of data, allowing for insights and predictions.

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    Web 2.0

    The evolution of the internet from one-way information transmission to a social and interactive platform.

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    User-Generated Content

    Content created by users, such as reviews, blogs, and social media posts, impacting consumer decisions.

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    Internet of Things (IoT)

    A network of interconnected devices that communicate with each other, often used in smart homes and autonomous vehicles.

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    Buyer Behavior (Exchange Theory)

    This used to focus on the interaction between consumers and sellers only at the time of purchase.

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    Modern Consumer Behavior

    This considers the entire consumption experience, including what happens before, during, and after a purchase.

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    Consumer

    The person who identifies a need, buys the product, and eventually gets rid of it. Different people can play different roles in this process.

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    Organizational or Group Consumers

    Groups (like companies) or individuals making choices that impact many people. For example, designers choosing office supplies or a purchasing agent.

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    Watching shoppers

    The process by which shoppers are observed to understand their needs, desires, and points of friction in the shopping process.

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    Shoppable stores

    Stores designed to provide a user-friendly, enjoyable, and efficient shopping experience that caters to both explicit and hidden consumer needs.

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    Habitual decision making

    A type of decision-making characterized by frequent, low-involvement purchases of everyday items that don't require extensive consideration.

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    Limited decision making

    A type of decision-making involving moderate effort and consideration for products purchased occasionally.

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    Extended decision making

    A type of decision-making that involves high involvement, extensive research, and careful consideration for expensive or infrequent purchases.

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    Purchase momentum

    The tendency to make more purchases after an initial impulse purchase, potentially leading to excessive spending.

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    Consumer hyperchoice

    The overwhelming feeling of having too many choices, which can lead to decision fatigue and difficulty making informed decisions.

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    Cognitive decision making

    A deliberate, rational, and sequential approach to decision-making where information is carefully weighed and analyzed.

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    Habitual decision making

    An automated, unconscious approach to decision-making based on familiar habits rather than conscious consideration.

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    Affective decision making

    An emotional and spontaneous approach to decision-making based on gut feelings and immediate reactions.

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    Constructive processing

    The process of estimating the mental effort required for a decision and adjusting the level of cognitive effort accordingly.

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    Mental budget

    A mental framework for estimating future consumption based on previous experiences, used to regulate current behavior.

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    Self-regulation

    The process of deliberately planning and taking action to change or maintain a specific behavior.

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    Implemental intentions (if-then plans)

    Pre-planned responses to specific situations, often expressed as

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    Counteractive construal

    Exaggerating the negative aspects of behaviors that interfere with a goal to make them less appealing.

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    Internal Search

    Scanning one's own memory for information about product alternatives based on past experience and knowledge.

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    External Search

    Obtaining product information from the environment, such as advertisements, friends, or consumer reports.

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    Deliberate Search

    Knowledge gained through deliberate learning, like researching the best birthday cake after buying one last month.

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    Accidental Search

    Information acquired passively through exposure to advertisements, packaging, or sales promotions, which can create associations with products.

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    Brand Switching

    Changing brands even if the current brand satisfies the consumer's needs, often happening when in a good mood or lacking other stimulation.

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    Variety Seeking

    The desire to choose new alternatives over familiar ones.

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    Sensory-Specific Satiety

    A cause of variety seeking where there is low environmental stimulation, making consumers desire new alternatives over familiar ones. Think of getting tired of the same taste.

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    Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (Filter Bubbles)

    The tendency for search to reinforce existing beliefs, where consumers only seek information confirming their pre-existing opinions, creating echo chambers.

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    Evoked Set

    The set of brands consumers are aware of and might consider purchasing - all the brands you know.

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    Consideration Set

    The selection of products seriously considered for purchase, a subset of the evoked set.

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    Feature Creep

    A situation where a product has an increasing number of complex features, making it difficult to use or manage.

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    Postpurchase Evaluation

    The process of experiencing a purchased product or service and evaluating if it meets, exceeds, or fails expectations.

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    Cognitive Dissonance (Post-Decision Dissonance)

    The feeling of unease or regret after making a choice between two products with both good and bad qualities.

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    Cybermediary

    Websites or apps that filter and organize online market information to make it easier for customers to find and evaluate alternatives.

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    Intelligent Agents

    Sophisticated software programs that learn from past user behavior to recommend new purchases.

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    Positioning Strategy

    A marketing strategy where a brand attempts to place its product within a particular category in the consumer's mind. The goal is to convince consumers that the product should be considered alongside other similar products.

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    Identifying Competitors

    The process of identifying competitors by creating an overlapping category that includes both products and allows for comparison on a shared set of criteria.

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    Category Exemplar

    A product that is a highly representative and well-known example of a category. It sets the standards and expectations consumers use when evaluating other products within that category.

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    Evaluative Criteria

    The dimensions or characteristics used by consumers to judge the merits of different options when making a decision.

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    Determinant Attributes

    The specific attributes that consumers use to differentiate between choices, leading to their final decision.

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    Authenticity

    A determinant attribute that reflects a consumer's perception of a product's heritage, genuineness, and commitment to quality.

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    Compensatory Rule

    A decision-making rule that allows a product to compensate for weaknesses in one area by excelling in another.

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    Simple Additive Rule

    A compensatory rule where the product with the most positive attributes wins, even if many are not particularly important.

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    Weighted Additive Rule

    A compensatory rule where consumers assign weights to different attributes to reflect their relative importance.

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    Noncompensatory Rule

    A decision-making rule that rejects a product outright if it fails to meet a minimum standard on any given dimension, regardless of its strength on other features.

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    Lexicographic Rule

    A noncompensatory rule where the brand with the best score on the most important attribute is chosen. If ties occur, the process continues to the next most important attribute.

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    Elimination-by-Aspects Rule

    A noncompensatory rule similar to the lexicographic rule but with specific cutoffs for each attribute. A product must meet these minimum thresholds to be considered.

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    Conjunctive Rule

    A noncompensatory rule where consumers choose a brand if it meets all their desired criteria, but reject it if it fails to meet even one.

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    Heuristics

    A mental shortcut or rule of thumb used to simplify decision-making processes. Heuristics can be general or specific.

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    Study Notes

    Consumer Behavior and Marketing

    • Consumer Behavior Defined: The study of how individuals and groups select, purchase, use, and dispose of products, services, ideas, or experiences to satisfy needs and desires.
    • Evolution of Consumer Behavior: Has shifted from focusing solely on the purchase interaction between consumers and producers to encompassing the entire consumption process (before, during, and after purchase).
    • Stages in the Consumption Process:
      • Involves the consumer identifying a need, making a purchase, and disposing of the product.
      • Different roles within the process: purchaser, user, influencer.
      • Organizations or groups can also be consumers.
    • Consumer Behavior as Marketing Strategy: Marketers need to understand consumers to satisfy their needs.
    • Evolving Market Landscape: Modern society has moved from mass culture (shared preferences) to diverse cultures with vast choices. This necessitates identifying specific market segments and tailoring messages/products.
    • Market Segmentation: Targeting specific consumer groups (not everyone) based on:
      • Product Usage: The 80/20 rule, brand loyalty (strong consumer-brand bonds).
      • Demographics: Measurable population characteristics (age, gender, income, location).
      • Psychographics: Psychological and lifestyle characteristics.
    • Relationship Marketing: Building lasting relationships with customers.
    • Customer-Brand Attachment: Consumers' emotional bonds with brands categorized as:
      • Self-concept attachment: Products shape identity.
      • Nostalgic attachment: Products link to past.
      • Interdependence: Products are part of routine.
      • Love: Products evoke strong emotions.
    • Database and Big Data: Tracking customer behavior for personalized marketing. Big data analyzes vast datasets, including Web 2.0 data.
    • Internet Impact: Web 2.0 and its social nature facilitate user-generated content (huge influence on marketing). The Internet of Things (IoT) connects devices, altering consumer behavior.
    • Marketing's Impact on Popular Culture: Marketing heavily influences social preferences, values, and societal perceptions on issues.
    • Role Theory: Consumer behavior often mirrors role-playing in a play.
      • Marketers need to cater to different consumer roles and their needs.
    • Motivations to Consume:
      • Brand Images: Products stand out through crafted meanings and personalities.
      • Brand Image bonds consumers sharing similar preferences.
      • Brands convey an image or personality aligned with consumers' desires.
      • Needs vs. Wants: Needs are essential; wants are specific manifestations of needs, shaped by culture/personal factors.
    • Consumer Behavior Research Paradigms:
      • Positivism: Emphasizes objective truth and rational consumer decision-making.
      • Interpretivism: Highlights subjective experiences and cultural contexts.
      • Consumer Culture Theory: Considers consumption as a social and cultural phenomenon.

    Consumer Decision Making

    • Consumer Decision-Making Types:

      • Cognitive: Deliberate, rational, sequential.
      • Habitual: Automatic, unconscious, behavioral.
      • Affective: Emotional, instantaneous.
    • Constructive Processing: Adapting cognitive effort based on the level of the effort required for a particular purchase decision.

    • Consumer Hyperchoice: Overwhelming choices can drain energy and hinder good decisions.

    • Stages in the Consumer Decision Process:

      • Problem Recognition: Recognizing a discrepancy between the current and ideal state (need recognition/opportunity recognition).
      • Information Search: Searching for information through prepurchase or ongoing searches; internal or external searches, deliberate or accidental. Searching until costs outweigh benefits.
      • Evaluation of Alternatives: Categorizing products into evoked and consideration sets, and evaluating their features.
      • Product Choice/Purchase Decision: Overwhelmed by features (feature creep).
      • Postpurchase Evaluation/Behavior: Assessing if expectations were met (cognitive dissonance, social scoring).
    • Cybermediary, SEO, Long Tail: Tools and strategies for effective information filtering (efficient evaluation of alternatives).

    • Product Categorization: Consumers assess products in relation to their existing knowledge (similar products); understanding categories.

    • Evaluative Criteria: Dimensions used to judge options.

    • Determinant Attributes: Key features impacting choices.

    • Decision Rules: How consumers make choices.

      • Compensatory: Trade-offs among attributes.
      • Noncompensatory: Reject options failing on any attribute
    • Habitual Decision Making: Low-effort, routine choices.

    Additional Factors

    • Purchase Momentum: Impulse purchases increase further purchasing.
    • Mental Budget: Estimating consumption over time (self-regulation).
    • Self-Regulation: Careful planning to maintain or change behavior.
    • Implemental Intentions: If-then plans (e.g., strategies to reduce snacking).
    • Counteractive Construal: Exaggerating negative aspects of problematic behaviors.
    • Feedback Loop: Providing real-time information to promote improvement.
    • Motivations: Promotion (optimistic) vs. Prevention (focus on avoiding negative outcomes).
    • Market Beliefs: Covariation (associating unrelated events), country of origin.
    • Context Effects: Environmental factors impacting choices.
      • Framing: The way a question is posed.
      • Loss Aversion: Disliking losses more than liking gains.
      • Sunk-Cost Fallacy: Reluctance to waste prior investments.
      • Priming: Subtle cues influencing behavior.
      • Nudges: Guiding choices without restricting them.
      • Default Bias

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    Explore the intricacies of consumer behavior and how it influences marketing strategies. This quiz covers the definition, evolution, and consumption process involved in consumer behavior, along with the impact of diverse market landscapes. Test your knowledge on these essential marketing principles.

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