Objectives
Influenceson Buying Behavior
Buyer Decision Making
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Simple Response Model
Stimulus
Stimulus Organism
Organism Response
Response
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Model of Buying Behavior
Marketing Other Buyer’s Buyer’s decision
stimuli stimuli characteristics process
Product Economic Cultural Problem recognition
Price Technological Social Information search
Place Political Personal Evaluation
Promotion Cultural Psychological Decision
Postpurchase
behavior
Buyer’s decisions
Product choice
Brand choice
Dealer choice
Purchase timing
Purchase amount
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Cultural Factors
Culture
Subculture
Social Class
Buyer
Buyer
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Social Factors
Reference
Groups
Roles &
Family
Statuses
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Influences on Consumer
Behavior
Personal
Personal Influences
Influences
Age
Age and
and Family
Family Life
Life Lifestyle
Cycle Lifestyle
Cycle Stage
Stage
Occupation
Occupation && Personality
Personality &&
Economic
Economic Circumstances
Circumstances Self-Concept
Self-Concept
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Psychological Factors
Motivation
Motivation
Beliefs &
Beliefs &
Attitudes
Attitudes
Perception
Perception Learning
Learning
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Maslow’s Hierarchy
of Needs
5
Self-
Self-
actualization
actualization
(self-development
(self-development
andrealization)
and realization)
Esteem needs
4 Esteem needs
(self-esteem,recognition)
(self-esteem, recognition)
Social needs
Social needs
3 (sense
(senseof
of belonging,
belonging, love)
love)
Safetyneeds
Safety needs
2 (security, protection)
protection)
(security,
Psychological needs
Psychological needs
1 (food, water,
(food, water, shelter)
shelter)
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Four Types of Buying
Behavior
High Low
Involvement Involvement
Significant Complex Variety-
differences Buying Seeking
between
brands Behavior Behavior
Few Dissonance- Habitual
differences Reducing Buying
between
Buying
brands Behavior Behavior
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Consumer Buying
Problem
Process
recognition
Information
search
Evaluation of
alternatives
Purchase
decision
Postpurchase
behavior
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Decision Making Sets
Total
Set Aware-
Consid-
ness
eration Choice
Set
Set Set Decision
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Steps Between Evaluation of
Alternatives and a Purchase Decision
Evaluation
of
alternatives
Attitude
of others
Purchase Purchase
intention decision
Unanticipated
situational
factors
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How Customers Use or
Dispose of Products
To be
Rent it Give it (re)sold
Get rid of it away
temporarily Loan it
To be
used
Trade it
Get rid of it
Product permanently Direct to
Use for consumer
original Sell it
purpose
Keep it Convert Through
to new Throw it middleman
purpose away
Store it To
intermediary
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Review
Influenceson Buying Behavior
Buyer Decision Making
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