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Consumer Decision Making. Key Concepts. Consumer Behavior. Processes a consumer uses to make purchase decisions, as well as to use and dispose of purchased goods or services; also includes factors that influence purchase decisions and the product use. Consumer Behavior.
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Consumer Decision Making Key Concepts
ConsumerBehavior Processes a consumer uses to make purchase decisions, as well as to use and dispose of purchased goods or services; also includes factors that influence purchase decisions and the product use. Consumer Behavior
Part One: Understanding the Cultural Influences on Consumer Buying Decisions Identify and understand the cultural factors that affect consumer buying decisions
Cultural Factors Social Factors CONSUMERDECISION- MAKING PROCESS BUY / DON’T BUY Psycho-logical Factors Individual Factors Factors Influencing Buying Decisions
Set of values, norms, attitudes, and other meaningful symbols that shape human behavior and the artifacts, or products, of that behavior as they are transmitted from one generation to the next. Culture Culture
Values Language Myths Customs Rituals Laws Material artifacts Components of Culture
Pervasive Functional Learned Dynamic Culture is. . .
Value Enduring belief that a specific mode of conduct is personally or socially preferable to another mode of conduct. Value
Success Materialism Freedom Progress Youth Capitalism Core American Values
Subculture A homogeneous group of people who share elements of the overall culture as well as unique elements of their own group. Subculture
A group of people in a society who are considered nearly equal in status or community esteem, who regularly socialize among themselves both formally and informally, and who share behavioral norms. SocialClass Social Class
Occupation Income Education Wealth Other Variables Social Class Measurements
The Impact of Social Class on Marketing • Indicates which medium to use for communication • Helps determine the best distribution for products
Social Influences on Consumer Buying Decisions Identify and understand the social factors that affect consumer buying decisions
Reference Groups Opinion Leaders Family Members Social Influences
A group in society that influences an individual’s purchasing behavior. Reference Group Reference Group
Primary Direct Secondary Reference Groups Aspirational Indirect Nonaspirational Reference Groups
They serve as information sources and influence perceptions. They affect an individual’s aspiration levels. Their norms either constrain or stimulate consumer behavior. Influences of Reference Groups
An individual who influences the opinion of others. Opinion Leaders Opinion Leaders
Marketers are looking to Web logs, or blogs, to find opinion leaders • Teenagers • Movie stars • Sports figures • Celebrities Opinion Leaders
Family Purchase Process Roles in the Family • Initiators • Influencers • Decision Makers • Purchasers • Consumers
Reference Groups Information sources Affect aspiration levels Constrain or stimulate consumer behavior Initiators Decision Makers Influencers Consumers Purchasers Social Factors – Re-cap OpinionLeaders Celebrities People You Know Family Socialization Process
Individual Influences onConsumer Buying Decisions Identify and understand the individual factors that affect consumer buying decisions
Gender Age Life Cycle Personality Self-Concept Lifestyle Individual Influences
Psychological Influences onConsumer Buying Decisions Identify and understand the psychological factors that affect consumer buying decisions
Psychological Influences Perception Motivation Learning Beliefs & Attitudes
Process by which people select, organize, and interpret stimuli into a meaningful and coherent picture. Perception Perception
Selective Exposure Selective Distortion Selective Retention Perception
Selective Exposure Consumer notices certain stimuli and ignores others SelectiveDistortion Consumer changes or distorts information that conflicts with feelings or beliefs Selective Retention Consumer remembers only that information that supports personal beliefs Perception
Marketing Implications of Perception • Important attributes • Price • Brand names • Quality and reliability • Threshold level of perception • Product or repositioning changes • Foreign consumer perception
A method of classifying human needs and motivations into five categories in ascending order of importance. Motivation Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Experiential An experience changes behavior Conceptual Not learned through direct experience Types of Learning
An organized pattern of knowledge that an individual holds as true about his or her world. Belief A learned tendency to respond consistently toward a given object. Attitude Beliefs and Attitudes LO7
Changing Attitudes • Change beliefs about the brand’s attributes • Change the relative importance of these beliefs • Add new beliefs
Perception Selective Exposure Selective Retention Selective Exposure Motivation Needs Learning Experiential Conceptual Psychological Safety Social Esteem Esteem Beliefs &Attitudes ChangingBeliefs aboutAttributes ChangingImportance of Beliefs AddingNew Beliefs Psychological Factors – Re-cap
consumers make purchase decisions Consumer behavior = HOW consumers use anddispose of product Part Two: Understanding Consumer Behavior
The Consumer Decision-Making Process The components of the consumer decision-making process
A five-step process used by consumers when buying goods or services. Consumer Decision-Making Process ConsumerDecision-MakingProcess
Need Recognition Information Search Cultural, Social, Individual and Psychological Factors affect all steps Evaluation of Alternatives Purchase Postpurchase Behavior Consumer Decision-Making Process
Result of an imbalance between actual and desired states. Need Recognition Need Recognition
Internal Stimuli Preferred State Present Status External Stimuli Marketing helps consumers recognize an imbalance between present status and preferred state. Need Recognition
Any unit of input affecting one or more of the five senses: • sight • smell • taste • touch • hearing Stimulus Stimulus
Recognition of Unfulfilled Wants • When a current product isn’t performing properly • When the consumer is running out of a product • When another product seems superior to the one currently used
Information Search Internal Information Search • Recall information in memory External Information search • Seek information in outside environment • Nonmarketing controlled • Marketing controlled
Need Less Information Need More Information Less Risk More knowledge More product experience Low level of interest Confidence in decision More Risk Less knowledge Less product experience High level of interest Lack of confidence External Information Searches
Evoked Set Analyze product attributes Use cutoff criteria Rank attributes by importance Purchase! Evaluation of Alternativesand Purchase