| Term | Definition |
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Level of involvement |
an individual's intensity of interest in a product and the importance of the product for that person |
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routinized response behavior |
a consumer problem solving process used when buying frequently purchased, low cost items that require very little serch and decision effort |
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limited problem solving |
a consumer problem solving process used when purchasing products occasionally or needing information about an unfamiliar brand in a familiar product category |
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extended problem solving |
a consumer problem solving process employed when purchasing unfamiliar expensive or infrequently bought products |
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consideration set |
a group of brands within a product category that a buyer views as alternatives for possible purchase |
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evaluative criteria |
objective and subjective characteristics that are important to a buyer |
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cognative dissonance |
a buyer's doubts shortly after a purchase about whether the decision was the right one |
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problem recognition, information search, evaluation of alternatives, purchase, postpurchase evaluation |
consumer buying decision process |
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physical surroundings, social surroundings, time, purchase reason, buyer's mood and condition |
situational influences on buying decisions |
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perception |
the process of selecting, organizing, and interpreting information inputs to produce meaning |
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information input |
sensations received thoough sight, taste, hearing, smell and touch |
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selective exposure |
the process by which some inputs are selected to reach awareness and others are not |
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selective distortion |
an individual's changing or twisting of information that is inconsistent with personal feelings or beliefs |
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selective retention |
remembering information inputs that support personal feelings and beliefs and forgetting inputs that do not |
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motive |
an internal energizing force that directs a person's behavior tward satisfying needs or achieving goals |
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physiological, safty, social, esteem, self actualization needs |
maslow's heirarchy of needs |
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learning |
changes in an individuals thought processes and behavior caused by information and experience |
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attitude |
an individual's enduring evaluationof feelings about and behavioral tendencies tward an object or idea |
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attitude scale |
a means of measuring consumer attitudes by gauging the intensity of individuals' reactions to abjectives, phrases, or sentences about an object |
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role |
actions and activities that a person in a particular position is supposed to perform based on expectations of the individual and surrounding persons |
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consumer socialization |
the process through which a person acquires the knowledge and skills to function as a consumer |
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reference group |
a group that a person identifies with so strongly that he or she adopts the values, attitudes and behaviro of group members |
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opinion leader |
a member of an informal group who provides information about a specific topic to other group members |
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social class |
an open group of individuals with similar social rank |