This document outlines a lecture on analyzing consumer markets. It discusses how consumer characteristics, psychological processes, and decision making influence consumer behavior. Consumer characteristics like culture, social factors, and personal attributes shape buying behavior. Psychological concepts such as motivation, perception, learning, and emotions also impact consumer responses to marketing. The document then examines how consumers make purchasing decisions through problem recognition, information search, evaluation, purchase, and post-purchase stages. Finally, it explores ways consumers sometimes stray from rational decision making, like using heuristics and mental shortcuts.
2. OUTLINE
HOW DO CONSUMER CHARACTERISTICS INFLUENCE BUYING BEHAVIOR?
WHAT MAJOR PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES INFLUENCE CONSUMER RESPONSES
TO THE MARKETING PROGRAM?
HOW CONSUMERS MAKE PURCHASING DECISIONS?
IN WHAT WAYS DO CONSUMER STRAY FROM DELIBERATE, RATIONAL DECISION
PROCESS?
3. HOW DO CONSUMER CHARACTERISTICS
INFLUENCE BUYING BEHAVIOR?
CULTURAL FACTORS
SOCIAL FACTORS
REFERENCE GROUPS
CLIQUES
FAMILY
ROLES AND STATUS
PERSONAL FACTORS
AGE AND STAGE IN THE LIFE
OCCUPATION AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES
PERSONALITY AND SELF-CONCEPT
10. HOW CONSUMERS MAKE PURCHASING
DECISIONS?
PROBLEM RECOGNITION NEW LAPAROSCOPY MACHINE
INFORMATION SEARCH SOURCES
EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVES BRAND INFORMATION
PURCHASE DECISION PREFERRED PRODUCT
POSTPURCHASE BEHAVIOR USE OR DISPOSE PRODUCT
11. IN WHAT WAYS DO CONSUMER STRAY FROM
DELIBERATE, RATIONAL DECISION PROCESS
DECISION HEURISTICS
AVAILABLITY HEURISTIC
REPRESENTATIVE HEURISTIC
ANCHORING AND ADJUSTMENT HEURISTIC
FRAMING
MENTAL ACCOUNTING
13. SUMMARY
HOW DO CONSUMER CHARACTERISTICS INFLUENCE BUYING BEHAVIOR?
WHAT MAJOR PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES INFLUENCE CONSUMER RESPONSES
TO THE MARKETING PROGRAM?
HOW CONSUMERS MAKE PURCHASING DECISIONS?
IN WHAT WAYS DO CONSUMER STRAY FROM DELIBERATE, RATIONAL DECISION
PROCESS?