Consumer Insights
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Course Introduction
Consumer Insights delves into the methods and tools used to understand consumer behavior, motivations, and decision-making processes. Students will learn how to gather and analyze qualitative and quantitative data from various sources such as surveys, focus groups, and digital analytics. The course emphasizes the importance of turning raw data into actionable insights that inform marketing strategies, product development, and customer engagement. By examining case studies and real-world scenarios, students develop the skills to anticipate trends, segment markets, and effectively communicate findings to stakeholders in a business environment.
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Consumer Behaviour 3rd Australia Edition by Michael Solomon
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Chapter 1: Buying,having and Being
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Q1) When a transaction occurs between two or more organisations or people who give and receive something of value,an exchange has taken place.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of the following social science fields would most likely be associated with micro consumer behaviour?
A) Experimental psychology
B) Social psychology
C) Demographics
D) Cultural anthropology
Answer: A
Q3) George says that he sees everything as "black or white-no in between".George would most accurately be characterised as a(n)________.
A) positivist
B) collectivist
C) interpretivist
D) consumerist
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Perception
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Q1) Novelty in the form of interruption intensifies our experiences,increasing our enjoyment of pleasant stimuli and amplifying our dislike of unpleasant stimuli.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) When a petrol station blows 'fresh coffee smell' around the petrol pumps to tempt customers to come inside for a cup,the petrol station is using a form of ________ marketing to influence customers.
A) one-on-one
B) subliminal
C) differentiated
D) sensory
Answer: D
Q3) Some colour combinations can become so associated with a company that the corporation may be granted exclusive use of these colours.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Learning and Memory
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Q1) Give a brief explanation of cognitive learning.
Answer: In contrast to behavioural theories of learning,cognitive learning theory approaches stress the importance of internal mental processes.This perspective views people as problem solvers who actively use information from the world around them to master their environment.Supporters of this viewpoint also stress the role of creativity and insight during the learning process.
Q2) Melissa knows that when she goes to the dentist she must make an appointment,show up on time,bring proof of insurance,and have her teeth cleaned before any other dental services will be performed.With respect to her visit to the dentist,Melissa has learned a schema known as a(n)________.
A) service script
B) evoked set
C) proposition
D) elaborative rehearsal
Answer: A
Q3) Episodic memories are likely to become part of a person's long-term memory.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Personality
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Q1) The reality principle,according to Freudian psychology,is behaviour guided by the primary desire to maximise pleasure and avoid pain.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ________ refers to a person's unique psychological makeup and how it consistently influences the way a person responds to his or her environment.
A) Lifestyle
B) Belief system
C) Personality
D) Self-concept
Q3) Popular online matchmaking services such as rsvp.com.au and eharmony.com.au offer to create your 'personality profile' and then hook you up with other members whose profiles are similar.This approach focuses on the quantitative measurement of ________.
A) ego
B) id
C) personality traits
D) animism
Q4) What did Freud mean when he said,"sometimes a cigar is just a cigar"?
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Chapter 5: Motivation and Values
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Q1) Jake feels a hunger growing in his stomach.The more he feels the hunger,the more he wishes lunchtime would hurry and arrive.He is already planning what he will eat and how good it will taste.Which of the following processes most accurately identifies what Jake is feeling?
A) The goal process
B) The directionality process
C) The motivation process
D) The involvement process
Q2) An individual with a high need for ________ would be most likely to place a premium on products and services that signify success.
A) affiliation
B) control
C) achievement
D) uniqueness
Q3) Explain the concept of involvement and its relationship to motivation.
Q4) How are values,motivation and belief systems related?
Q5) List the primary needs displayed in Maslow's hierarchy of needs.Give an example of a product that fits each need form.
Q6) What is the relationship between motivation,need,drive,goal and wants?
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Chapter 6: The Self
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Q1) Masculinity and femininity are biological characteristics.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The ideal self is a person's conception of how she ________.
A) adapts to play different roles
B) imagines others think of her
C) would like to be
D) realistically thinks she is
Q3) Which of the following best defines what is implied by the symbolic self-completion theory?
A) Consumers with low self-esteem tend to buy products that violate their self-concept.
B) Consumers who have an incomplete self-definition tend to buy products that complete their identity.
C) Consumers delay purchases that conform to their actual self-image until their self-concept is consistent with their social self.
D) Consumers select products that conform to their self-image through a process that is largely subconscious.
Q4) Explain how the concept of self-esteem is used in advertising.
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Chapter 7: Attitudes and Attitude Change
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Q1) The balance theory perspective involves relations among three elements (a triad).Which of the following is one of the elements of the triad?
A) A person and his or her perceptions
B) The marketer and their strategy of image building
C) A person's beliefs
D) Subconscious motives
Q2) The ________ hierarchy assumes the consumer does not initially have a strong preference for one brand over another.Instead,he acts on the basis of limited knowledge and then forms an evaluation only after the product has been purchased or used.
A) experiential
B) habitual
C) low-involvement
D) standard learning
Q3) Latitudes of acceptance and rejection are important aspects of social judgement theory.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the functional theory of attitudes and its components (functions).
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Chapter 8: Individual Decision Making
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Q1) In a thought process called ________,we evaluate the effort we'll need to make a particular choice and then we tailor the amount of cognitive 'effort' we expend to make that choice.
A) utility processing
B) experiential processing
C) constructive processing
D) behavioural processing
Q2) When using the ________ rule of decision making,a consumer evaluates brands on the most important attribute,but specific cut-offs are imposed.
A) lexicographic
B) elimination-by-aspects
C) conjunctive
D) compensatory
Q3) Purchase decisions that involve extensive search also entail some kind of perceived risk (a belief that the purchase could potentially have negative consequences).Name five perceived risks,indicate the kinds of consumers most vulnerable to each risk,and indicate the types of purchases most sensitive to each.
Q4) Compare limited versus extended problem solving.
Q5) List and define the five stages of the consumer decision-making process.
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Chapter 9: Buying and Disposing
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Q1) An elaborate product display in a grocery aisle and an employee handing out free samples of a new product are both examples of ________.
A) pretailing
B) retail theming
C) shopping orientations
D) POP stimuli
Q2) List each of the five antecedent states identified in the chapter.Next,indicate the three purchase environment activities that match the five antecedent states.
Q3) Why are modern industrialised societies dependent upon the cultural perception of linear separable time?
Q4) In a(n)________,consumers participate in the production of the products or services they buy.
A) pop-up store
B) minipreneur shop
C) activity store
D) sharing site
Q5) There are pros and cons associated with using e-commerce as a business model.What are the limitations of e-commerce for consumers?
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Chapter 10: Groups and Social Connections
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Q1) Consumers who are confident in themselves and do not seek peer approval for their behaviours are said to be ________.
A) normative
B) role-relaxed
C) deindividuated
D) insulated
Q2) Product-related conversations (word-of-mouth)result because people enjoy talking about things that interest them,people have a genuine desire to help others,and people gain an ego boost from spreading knowledge.However,customers will talk much more about negative product and service experiences than positive ones.Why?
Q3) Angela belongs to a film club that selects and views classic movies once a month.Angela wouldn't watch a vampire movie on her own,but is happy to watch with the group the classic vampire film that almost all of the other group members voted to see.This example demonstrates which factor of conformity?
A) Group unanimity
B) Cultural pressure
C) Fear of deviance
D) Principle of least of interest
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Chapter 11: Australian Culture and Lifestyle
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Q1) Explain the difference between a high-context culture and a low-context culture.Give an example of each and explain the reason for your choice(s).
Q2) Through the process of ________,immigrants make the unfamiliar familiar by integrating symbols from their former lives into their new homes.
A) assimilation
B) maintenance
C) resistance
D) warming
Q3) Subcultures are defined in such a way that a person may belong to many at the same time.What in the definition allows any given person to belong to multiple groups,and what subcultures would apply to almost everyone?
Q4) A subculture of young women in Japan start many trends that eventually make their way around the world.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the concept of psychographics.Then compare the four forms of psychographic analysis used in marketing.
Q6) List the various ways that psychographic segmentation can be used.
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Chapter 12: Income and Social Class
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Q1) Social class is a strong predictor of purchases that have symbolic aspects,but low to moderate prices.Which of the following is the best example of a product with these characteristics?
A) Liquor
B) Cars
C) Homes
D) Refrigerators
Q2) Sandra Jackson decided to become a nurse after several years as a primary school teacher.She still wanted to help people; she just wanted to do it differently.Sandra's case is an example of which of the following?
A) Downward mobility
B) Upward mobility
C) Horizontal mobility
D) Status crystallisation
Q3) Identify for each of the following items whether it would more likely be found in a working-class living room or an upper-class living room.Items: a Bible,picture windows,still-life portraits,photographs of family members,large potted plants,French furniture,a TV set,a family pet,and a piano.
Q4) Explain the concept of social mobility and its various forms.
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Chapter 13: Age
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Q1) Jane is a Baby Boomer.How is Jane most likely to be different from her mother when her mother was 60-years old?
A) Jane is going to have fewer resources for retirement than did her mother.
B) Jane will think of herself as being much older than her mother did at the same age.
C) Jane will no longer be interested in youthful styles, while her mother was likely to retain such interests.
D) Jane is much more likely to be physically active than her mother was at the same age.
Q2) If you were a person born between 1946 and 1964,you would be called a ________.
A) Baby Boomlet
B) Baby Buster
C) War Baby
D) Baby Boomer
Q3) Explain the concept called 'age cohort.' Briefly explain how marketers might use this concept to segment markets.
Q4) People born between the two World Wars are part of the Silent Generation.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: The Culture of Consumption
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Q1) Pavel was an inventor.He read that there were several million people who could not sleep at night until they looked under the bed.He invented a light that could be put under a bed and went on automatically when someone looked there.Pavel's product is designed to help people perform a ________.
A) ritual
B) symbolic exchange
C) convention
D) rite of passage
Q2) Profane consumption involves consumer objects and events that are ordinary.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Identify and describe the factors that affect the successful adoption of innovations.
Q4) Compare and contrast sacred and profane consumption.
Q5) Casting directors,textbook authors and retail buyers are all examples of formal gatekeepers in the culture production process.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Explain the idea of an antifestival and describe an example of an antifestival.
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