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Consumer Behavior Exam 1 (Ch 4-5)
Chapters 4-5
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Business
Undergraduate 4
09/19/2011

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Term

True or false?

Human/consumer needs are the basis of all modern marketing.

Definition
True.
Term
Motivation
Definition
Processes that lead ppl to behave as they do.
Term
Everyone has ______.
Definition
Needs.
Term
Need
Definition
The discrepancy b/t the consumer's present state and some ideal state.
Term
Want
Definition
Manifestation
Term
The needs are ______ by what we learn in response to our enviroment. Considered secondary needs or motives.
Definition
aquired
Term
Goals
Definition
Sought after results of motivated behavior.
Term
Generic Goals
Definition
Using a generic category as a means to fulfill a need.
Term
Product-specific goal
Definition
Fullfilling a specific goal..wanting to be a lawyer so they go to law school.
Term
Goals are selected based on:
Definition

1. personal experience

2. physical capacity

3. prevailing cultural norms

4. values

Term

True or false?

Needs cannot exist without goals.

Definition
True. Neither can exist without each other.
Term
Approach object
Definition
Postive goal is one toward which behavior is directed.
Term
Avoidance Object
Definition
A negative goal is one from which behavior is directed away.
Term
Reasons why need driven human activity never ceases.
Definition

1. Many needs are never fully satisfied

2. As needs do become satisfied, new and higher order needs occur

3. Those who achieve their goals, set new ones.

Term
A goal that has valence means that...
Definition
It can be positive or negative.
Term
Approach-approach conflicts
Definition
When a person has to choose between b/t two desirable alternatives.
Term
Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
Definition
Ppl have a need for order and consistency in their lives and a state of tension can arise when beliefs or behaviors conflict with each other.
Term

True or false?

A conflict that may arise in the approach-avoid may be solved by cognitive assonance.

Definition
False. Approach-approach.
Term

True or false?

Marketers try to overcome guilt by convincing consumers that they are deserving of luxuries.

Definition
True.
Term

True or false?

Marketers do not use credit card offers to increase sales of full price merchandise.

Definition
False. They do use credit cards.
Term
Consumer needs
Definition

1. need for achievement

2. need for affilation

3. need for power

4. need for uniqueness

Term
Maslow's heirachy of needs
Definition

(Highest) Self-actualization

Ego needs

Social needs

Safety and security needs

(Lowest) Physiological needs

Term
How does Maslows heirachy help marketers?
Definition

1. It allows marketers to focus on advertising on a need level that is likely to be shared by a large segment of the target audience

2. It facilitates product posistioning/reposisioning

Term
The Trio of Needs
Definition

1. power (individuals desire to control his/her enviroment)

2. affiliation (suggests that behavior is strongly influenced by the desire for friendship)

3. achievement (personal accomplishment)

Term

True or false?

All behavior is goal orientated.

Definition
True.
Term
What is personality?
Definition
Those inner psychological characteristics that both determine and reflect how a person responds to his/her enviroment.
Term
Inner characteristics
Definition
Specific qualities attributes, traits, factors, and mannerisms that distinguish one individual from another.
Term

True or false?

Personalities will affect product choices and how consumers respond to marketing.

Definition
True.
Term

The Nature of Personalities

3 Distinct Properties

Definition

1. personality reflects individual differences

2. personality is consistent and enduring

3. personality can change

Term
Three major theories of personalities
Definition

1. Freudian Theory

2. Neo-Freudian Theory

3. Trait Theory

Term

Freudian Theory

ID

Definition
Focuses on immediate gratification operates according to pleasure principle (maximize pleasure, avoid pain)
Term

Freudian Theory

Super Ego

Definition
Counterweight to the ID. Essentially ones conscience.
Term

Freudian Theory

Ego

Definition
Mediates b/t the id and the super ego. A fight b/t temptation and virtue
Term
Neo-Freudian Personality Theory
Definition

Believe that social relationships are fundamental to the formation and development of personality

-Alfred Adler

-Harry Sack Sullivan

Term

Neo-Freudian Personality Theory

 Horney's Classification Groups

Definition

1. compliant

2. agressive

3. detached

Term
Trait Theory
Definition
One approach to personality is to focus on the quantative measurement of traits (identifiable characteristics that define a person)
Term
Trait
Definition
Any distinguishing, relatively enduring way in which one individual differs from another.
Term
Trait theorists are interested in pinpointing individual differences in terms of _____ ____.
Definition
Specific traits
Term
Traits measured include:
Definition

-consumer innovators

-consumer materialism

-consumer ethnocentrism

Term

True or false?

Marketers are not interested in managing consumers responses to unfamiliar products or product features.

Definition
False. They ARE interested.
Term
Consumer dogmatism
Definition
A personality trait that measures the degree of ridigity that individuals display toward the unfamiliar.
Term
Highly dogmatic
Definition
Approaches the unfamiliar w/ defense and considerable discomfort (close minded)
Term
Low dogmatic
Definition
More likely to prefer innovative products (open minded)
Term
Social character inner directedness
Definition

These consumers tend to rely on their own inner values or standards in evaluating new products, likely to be consumer innovators

(prefer ads that stress product features and personal benefits)

Term
Social character other-directedness
Definition

These consumers tend to look for others for guidance for what is appropriate and what is not.

(prefer ads that depict an approving social enviroment or social acceptance)

Term
Need for cognition (NFC)
Definition
A personality trait that measures a persons enjoyment of thinking
Term
High NFC
Definition
Responds better to advertisements rich in product relation info or description
Term
Low NFC
Definition
Responds better to background or visual elements of an ad (celebrity endorsements)
Term
Visualizers
Definition
Consumers who prefer visual info and products that stress the visual
Term
Verbalizers
Definition
Consumers who prefer written or verbal info and products
Term
Consumer Materialism
Definition
Personality trait where individuals regard possessions as essential to their identities
Term
Traits of Materialistic Ppl
Definition

1. value acquiring and showing off possessions

2. self-centered and selfish

3. seek lifestyles full of possessions

4. possessions do not give them personal satisfaction 

Term
Compulsive consumption
Definition
In the realm of abnormal behavior consumers who are complusive have an addiction
Term
Consumer ethnocentrism
Definition
The tendency to prefer products or people of one's own culture over those from other countries.
Term
Brand personality
Definition
The belief that consumers have that products have various descriptive like traits or characteristics that set them apart from different brands.
Term
Brand Personification
Definition
Tries to capture consumers perception of the attributes of a product/service into a human character
Term
Brand Personality in 3 categories
Definition

1. product personality and gender

2. product personality and geographic

3. product personality and color

Term

True or false?

Many consumers have different images of themselves that will make them act differently around different people.

Definition
True.
Term
4 types of self image
Definition

1. actual self (how they see themselves)

2. ideal self (how consumers would like to see themselves)

3. social self (how consumers feel others see them)

4. ideal social self (how consumers would like others to see them)

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