Chapter 6 Consumer Decision Making 2014

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Lamb, Hair, McDaniel
Chapter 6
Consumer
Decision
Making
2012-2013

Explain why marketing managers should
understand consumer behavior
Analyze the components of the consumer
decision-making process
Explain the consumer’s postpurchase
evaluation process
Identify the types of consumer buying decisions
and discuss the significance of consumer
involvement
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Identify and understand the cultural factors that
affect consumer buying decisions
Identify and understand the social factors that
affect consumer buying decisions
Identify and understand the individual factors
that affect consumer buying decisions
Identify and understand the psychological
factors that affect consumer buying decisions
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Explain why marketing
managers
should understand
consumer behavior
The Importance of Understanding
Consumer Behavior
1

Understanding Consumer
Behavior
Consumer
behavior
consumers make
purchase decisions
consumers use and
dispose of product
= HOW
1

Analyze the components
of the consumer decision-
making process
The Consumer
Decision-Making Process
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Consumer
Decision-Making Process
A five-step process used by consumers
when buying goods or services.
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Exhibit 6.1
Consumer Decision-Making Process
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Need Recognition
Result of an imbalance between actual and
desired states.
Need recognition is the first
stage in the decision-
making process
2

When “Need” Turns to Greed
• In 2011, a woman allegedly pepper sprayed
a crowd of shoppers reaching for discounted
Xbox 360s.
• Black Friday:
• Retailers offer their best bargains of the
year
• Consumers camp out for days at stores’
front doors
• Violent incidents were reported in at least
seven states during the 2011 Black Friday
sales, most occurring at or near Walmart
stores.
Michael Martinez, “Woman Surrenders in Black Friday Pepper Spray Incident,” CNN, November 26, 2011, http://articles.cnn.com/2011-11-
26/us/us_california-pepper-spray-suspect_1_pepper-spray-woman-surrenders-video-game?_s=PM:US (Accessed May 3, 2012).

Need Recognition
Marketing helps consumers recognize
an imbalance between present status
and preferred state.
Present
Status
Preferred
State
2

Stimulus
Any unit of input affecting one or
more of the five senses:
•sight
•smell
•taste
•touch
•hearing
2

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
2

Information Search
Internal Information Search
• Recall information in memory
External Information search
• Seek information in outside
environment
• Nonmarketing controlled
• Marketing controlled
2

External Information Searches
Need More
Information
More Risk
Less knowledge
Less product experience
High level of interest
Lack of confidence
Less Risk
More knowledge
More product experience
Low level of interest
Confidence in decision
Need Less
Information
2

Evoked Set
Group of brands, resulting from
an information search, from which
a buyer can choose
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Evaluation of Alternatives and Purchase
Evoked Set
Purchase!
Analyze product
attributes
Rank attributes by
importance
Use cutoff criteria
2

Purchase
To buy
or not to buy...
Determines which
Attributes are most
in influencing a
consumer’s choice
2

Explain the consumer’s
postpurchase evaluation
process
Postpurchase Behavior
3

Cognitive Dissonance
Inner tension that a consumer
experiences after recognizing
an inconsistency between
behavior and values or
opinions.
3

Postpurchase Behavior
Consumers can reduce dissonance
by:
 Seeking information that reinforces
positive ideas about the purchase
 Avoiding information that contradicts the
purchase decision
 Revoking the original decision by
returning the product
Marketing can minimize dissonance through
effective communication with purchasers.
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Identify the types of
consumer buying decisions
and discuss the significance
of consumer involvement
Types of Consumer Buying Decisions
and Consumer Involvement
4

More
Involvement
Less
Involvement
Routine
Response
Behavior
Limited
Decision
Making
Extensive
Decision
Making
Consumer Buying Decisions
and Consumer Involvement
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the amount of time and effort a buyer
invests in the search, evaluation, and
decision processes of consumer
behavior.
Involvement
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Exhibit 6.2
Continuum of Consumer Buying Decisions
Routine Limited Extensive
Involvement Low Low to
Moderate
High
Time Short Short to
Moderate
Long
Cost Low Low to
Moderate
High
Information
Search
Internal Only Mostly
Internal
Internal and
External
Number of
Alternatives
One Few Many
4

Routine Response Behavior
 Little involvement in selection process
 Frequently purchased low cost goods
 May stick with one brand
 Buy first/evaluate later
 Quick decision
4

Limited Decision Making
 Low levels of involvement
 Low to moderate cost goods
 Evaluation of a few alternative
brands
 Short to moderate time to decide
4

Extensive Decision Making
 High levels of involvement
 High cost goods
 Evaluation of many brands
 Long time to decide
 May experience cognitive dissonance
4

Factors Determining the Level
of Consumer Involvement
Situation
Social Visibility
Interest
Perceived Risk of
Negative Consequences
Previous Experience
4

Not All Involvement Is The
Same
Enduring Involvement
Emotional Involvement
Situational Involvement
Shopping Involvement
Product Involvement
4

Marketing Implications
of Involvement
High-involvement
purchases require:
Extensive and
Informative promotion
to target market
Low-involvement
purchases require:
In-store promotion,
eye-catching package
design, and good
displays. Coupons,
cents-off, 2-for-1 offers
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Identify and understand
the cultural factors that
affect consumer
buying decisions
Cultural Influences on
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Factors Influencing Buying Decisions
Social
Factors
Individual
Factors
Psycho-
logical
Factors
Cultural
Factors CONSUMER
DECISION-
MAKING
PROCESS
BUY /
DON’T BUY
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Components of Culture
Myths
Language
Values
Customs
Rituals
Laws
Material artifacts
5

Culture is. . .
Learned
Functional
Pervasive
Dynamic
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Value
Enduring belief that a specific
mode of conduct is personally or
socially preferable to another
mode of conduct.
5

Subculture
A homogeneous group
of people who share elements of the
overall culture as well as cultural
elements unique to their own group.
5

Social Class
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.
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Exhibit 6.4
U.S. Social Classes
SOURCE:AdaptedfromRichardP.Coleman,“TheContinuingSignificanceofSocialClasstoMarketing,”Journalof
ConsumerResearch,December1983,267;DennisGilbertandJosephA.Kahl,TheAmericanClassStructure:ASynthesis
(Homewood,IL:DorseyPress,1982),ch.11.
Upper Classes
Capitalist Class 1% People whose investment decisions shape the national economy; income
mostly from assets, earned or inherited; university connections
Upper Middle
Class
14% Upper-level managers, professionals, owners of medium-sized businesses;
well-to-do, stay-at-home homemakers who decline occupational work by
choice; college educated; family income well above national average
Middle Classes
Middle Class 33% Middle-level white-collar, top-level blue-collar; education past high school
typical; income somewhat above national average; loss of manufacturing
jobs has reduced the population of this class
Working Class 32% Middle-level blue-collar, lower-level white-collar; income below national
average; largely working in skilled or semi-skilled service jobs
Lower Classes
Working Poor 11-
12%
Low-paid service workers and operatives; some high school education;
below mainstream in living standard; crime and hunger are daily threats
Underclass 8-9% People who are not regularly employed and who depend primarily on the
welfare system for sustenance; little schooling; living standard below
poverty line

Social Class Measurements
Wealth
Other Variables
Income
Education
Occupation
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The Impact of
Social Class on Marketing
 Indicates which medium to use for
advertising
 Helps determine the best distribution
for products
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the social factors that
affect consumer buying
decisions
Social Influences on
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Social Influences
Reference
Groups
Opinion
Leaders
Family
Members
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Exhibit 6.5
Types of Reference Groups
Reference Groups
Direct Face-to-Face
membership
Primary: small,
informal group
Secondary: large,
formal group
Indirect
Nonmembership
Aspirational Group
that someone would
like to join
Nonaspirational Group
with which someone
wants to avoid being
identified6

Influences of
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.
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The first to try new products and
services out of pure curiosity.
May be challenging to locate.
Marketers are increasingly using
blogs, social networking, and other
online media to determine and
attract opinion leaders.
Opinion Leaders
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Family
• Initiators
• Influencers
• Decision Makers
• Purchasers
• Consumers
Purchase Process Roles
in the Family
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the individual factors that
affect consumer buying
decisions
Individual Influences on
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Individual Influences
Gender
Age
Life Cycle
Personality
Self-Concept
Lifestyle
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Age and Family Life Cycle
Stage
• Consumer tastes in food, clothing,
cars, furniture, and recreation are
often age related.
• Marketers define target markets
according to life cycle stages such
as “young singles” or “young
married with children.”
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Personality, Self-Concept, and
Lifestyle
• Personality combines
psychological makeup and
environmental forces.
• Human behavior depends largely
on self-concept.
• Self-concept combines ideal self-
image and real self-image.
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the psychological factors
that affect consumer
buying decisions
Psychological Influences on
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Psychological Influences
Perception
Motivation
Learning
Beliefs & Attitudes
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Perception
Selective
Exposure
Selective
Distortion
Selective
Retention
Consumer notices certain
stimuli and ignores others
Consumer changes or distorts
information that conflicts
with feelings or beliefs
Consumer remembers only
that information that
supports personal beliefs
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Marketing Implications
of Perception
 Important attributes
 Price
 Brand names
 Quality and reliability
 Threshold level of perception
 Product or repositioning changes
 Foreign consumer perception
 Subliminal perception
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Exhibit 6.6
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
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Types of Learning
Experiential
Conceptual
An experience changes
behavior
Not learned through direct
experience
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Belief
Attitude
An organized pattern of
knowledge that an individual
holds as true about his or her
world.
A learned tendency to respond
consistently toward a given
object.
Beliefs and Attitudes
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Changing Beliefs
• Change beliefs about the brand’s
attributes
• Change the relative importance of
these beliefs
• Add new beliefs
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