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General Study Notes

• These notes cover various topics, likely from a marketing course.
• Information is presented as questions and answers related to consumer markets and buyer behavior.
• There are multiple choice questions and their corresponding answers.

Key Concepts

• Consumer Market: Individuals and households buying goods/services for personal use.
• Marketing Stimuli: Elements influencing consumer decisions (price, product, place, promotion).
• Buyer's Black Box: The consumer's decision-making process.
• Cultural Factors: Influence consumer buying, including nationalities, religions, and regions.
• Social Classes: Relatively permanent divisions within society based on shared values, behaviors and lifestyles.
• Personal Factors: Age, occupation, economic situation, lifestyle, and self-concept impacting buying decisions.
• Psychological Factors: Motivation, perception, learning, and beliefs. These factors influence how individuals perceive and process information and will impact buying decisions.
• Family: A key influence on consumer purchases, traditionally and increasingly so within changing societal dynamics, as buying decisions may now include multiple individuals and even children are seen to greatly impact these decisions.
• Reference Groups: Groups with a direct or indirect influence on the buying behavior of an individual, impacting attitudes, behaviors, and self-concept.
• Opinion Leaders: Individuals in a reference group who exert influence on others and shape purchasing decisions.
• Cultural Factors: Including values, traditions, norms, and perceptions, significantly impacting consumer behavior.
• Word of Mouth Influence: Communication by consumers about a product may affect the buying decisions of others.
• Consumer Buying Behavior: The decision-making process of purchasing goods and services.
• Buyer Decision Process: The stages involved in the buying process, beginning with need recognition and concluding with post-purchase behavior.
• Adoption & Diffusion Process: How consumers accept and integrate new products or services into their lives.
• Life-Stage Segmentation: A method of categorizing consumers based on various life stages and experiences.
• Marketing Stimuli: Product, price, place, and promotion are the marketing mix elements used to affect consumer behavior.

Consumer Buying Behavior Types

• Complex Buying Behavior: High involvement, significant brand differences.
• Dissonance-Reducing Buying Behavior: High involvement, few perceived brand differences.
• Habitual Buying Behavior: Low involvement, few perceived brand differences.
• Variety-Seeking Buying Behavior: Low involvement, significant perceived brand differences.