Quizzes 5-8

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A(n) ___ is a lasting general evaluation of people (including oneself), objects, advertisements, or issues.

Attitudes

According to the functional theory of attitudes, attitudes exist because they are hereditary

False

Researchers agree that there are various levels of commitment to an attitude. The highest level of involvement.

Internalization

Person, object, and situational factors are the three types of influences that determine a person's level of ___

Involvement

____ are the use of psychological, sociological, and anthropological factors to determine how the market is segmented by the propensity of groups within the market (and their reasons) to make a particular decision about a product, person, ideology, or otherwise hold an attitude or use a medium.

Psychographics

____ is when the person tries to evaluate their appearance by comparing it to the people depicted in artificial images.

Social comparison

Donna always purchases the same shampoo brand because she believes it offers her the best shine and manageability for her hair. This is an example of brand loyalty.

True

Double dip makes ice cream. The only advantage Double- dip has over its competitors is taste. Double- dip costs more and has more calories per unit weight. Promotions for Double- dip should emphasize of the experiential hierarchy of the ABC model of attitudes.

True

Identification occurs when we form an attitude to conform to another person's group's expectations

True

In primary school classrooms, teachers may sometimes separating students by gender for activities or discipline students differently depending on their gender. This type of action reinforces children's developing beliefs and assumptions about gender roles and is known as gender socialization.

True

Is it possible to use psychographics to identity to distinct segments even mundane products such a soap.

True

When Sean Jean cologne encourages department store sales people to give any potential customer a vial of its product, the company is attempting to boost customer involvement by appealing to customer's hedonic needs.

True

Which of the following general attitude functions is most likely related to the basic of reward and punishment?

Utilitarian function

Many Eastern cultures stress the importance of a _____, in which an individual's identity is derived in a large measure from his or her social group.

collective self

A politician attempts to gain support for her campaign for mayor releasing a poll showing that almost 70 percent of the city's voters support her position on property taxes. What basic psychological principle is the politician using to persuade voters that she should be the next mayor?

consensus

The psychological principle of reciprocity is at work when we take into account what others do before we decide what to do.

false

____ is deeply ingrained cultural discrimination against people who are overweight

fattism

Match.com and eharmony.com are dating websites/apps that measure identifiable personal characteristics called ____

personality traits

The ____ refers to the tendency of the brain to convince the self that a fake treatment is the real thing ---- thus a sugar pill can have the desired effect.

placebo effect

When marketer's use psychological, sociological, and anthropological factors to analyze a market, they are using ____

psychographics

Dante is worried about how well he will be accepted when he goes to a new school this week. He has decided to purchase a pair of designer jeans in hopes that the other students will see him as someone with fashion and a "cool" image Dante is displaying

public self- consciousness

An advertisement emphasizes that is a consumer uses a certain deodorant, he or she will not offend other people and will not cause problems in the workplace because of "bad body odor". What part of the Freudian system is this ad appealing to?

the superego

A marketing study found that respondents believed that a dark-haired model would be more effective in selling gold jewelry than a blond-haired celebrity would if the dark-haired celebrity was not perceived to be ethnic. What two ideas of using celebrities as communication sources are more likely to be at work here?

The celebrity's image should match that of the product and should embody cultural meaning.

How has a social media benefitted a company's brand?

Social media has benefitted a company's brand because of a concept called happiness economy. Happiness economy claims that a well- being is the new wealth, and social media technology is what allows us to accumulate it. If we share with others how happy or satisfied with a product or service we are this feeds our happiness economy. This will benefit the company because other people will see how satisfied you are which will attract other people to the product or service.

Based on motivational research, which of the following consumption motives most likely explains a person's motivation to purchase gourmet foods, foreign cars, cigarette holders, or perfume?

individuality

Roger was really angry when Coca-cola attempted to switch from its older formula to New coke. He wrote letters to Coca-cola, talked to friends, called the local bottler, attempted to hoard "old Coke", and complained to the local grocery store manager. In this example, which degree of commitment would be most closely associated with Roger and his attitudes?

internalization

Ego defensive function

is an attitude formed to protect ourselves from an external threat or internal feelings.

The ___ function of attitude applies when a person is in an ambiguous situation and needs order, structure, or meaning

knowledge

Both Justin and Craig are business majors and live in the same dorm but Justin's room looks like a Cabela's showroom, with fishing and trophies and lures on the wall and pictures of fishing trips across the study desk, which Craig's room features posters of his favorite musical group and stacks of CDs. The difference in ____ between Justin and Craig.

lifestyle

Which attitude function relates to the consumer's self- concept or central values?

value- expression

Researchers agree that there are various levels of commitment to an attitude. The lowest form of involvement.

compliance

A communicator's expertise, objectivity and trustworthiness refer to ___

source credibility

An individual with a high need for ___ would be most likely to place a premium on products and services that signify success.

Achievement

Motivation that is driven by raw reactions is called ___

Affect

An individual with the personality trait of extroversion tends to be quiet and reserved

False

An person's actual self is a person's conception of how he/she would like to be

False

The object of an attitude can be an object or an issue, but not as a person.

False

The superego is also known as the pleasure principle

False

The three components of the ABC model are affect, behavior, and consistency

False

Explain the term "affect"

Affect refers to our raw emotional reactions to products. It's all about emotional arousal. Many marketing messages focus on altering our moods or linking their products to an affective response, although different types of emotional arousal may be more effective in some contexts than others.

ABC model of attitudes

Affect, behavior, cognition. The model emphasizes the interrelationships among knowing, feeling, and doing. Affect describes how a consumer feels about an attitude object. Behavior refers to the actions taken toward the object. Cognition is what the consumer believes to be true about the object.

_____ refer to a customer's subjective evaluation of his or her physical self.

Body image

Seth is sitting in a class that precedes lunch. His stomach begins to rumble and grumble. Instead of thinking about the day's lecture, Seth begin to think about lunch and his choice of places to eat. He even begins to narrow down the selection of foods that he might want fo lunch. Seth is focusing on biological needs that are at present unfulfilled and have produced what might be thought of as an unpleasant state of arousal. Which of the following theories best describes Seth's experience?

Drive theory

The _____ of motivation is related to the idea that customers desire a state of balance called homeostasis.

Drive theory

James receives a brand new bicycle for his ninth birthday. This gift triggers intense feelings of joy and happiness. These feelings are known as an affective response called ____

Emotions

Bart was a mortuary worker who noticed that there seemed to be a social class difference in what people placed on the graves of departed family members. What Bart observed was a class difference in how people manifest the relationship between external objects and the ___ self.

Extended

When Deena Shoemaker posted a photo collage of different clothing items in different sizes of Facebook to show how misleading the numbered size on the tag actually is, she was pointing out the clothing manufacture practice of phantom sizing

False

When companies team up and promote two or more items this is called product complementary.

False

In the motivation process, the desired end state is the consumer's ____

Goal

According to Freud, the part of the personality that seeks immediate gratification is called the ____.

Id

A(n) ___ is a particular model, or exemplar, or appearance ****

Ideal of beauty - Is a particular model, or a "perfect example," of what physical appearance "should" look like. Ideal of beauty for both men and women include physical features as well as clothing style, cosmetics, hairstyles, skin tone, and body type.

A person's conception of how he/she would like to be is called ____

Ideal self

Which of the following is a level of a people extended self?

Individual self Family level Community level

____ refers to the idea that our judgements tend to be shaped by our moods

Mood congruency

____ involve temporary positive or negative affective states accompanied by moderate levels of arousal. Moods tend to dissipate and are not necessarily linked to a specific event.

Moods

_____ refers to the processes that lead people to behave as they do

Motivation

In the 1950s, an approach called ___ attempted to use Freudian ideas to understand the deeper meanings of products and advertisements

Motivational research

____ refers to a person's unique psychological makeup and how it consistently influences the way a person responds to his/ her environment

Personality

When the ego tries to balance opposing forces, it uses the ____

Reality principle

Which of the following needs from Maslow's hierarchy is addressed by the U.S. Army's advertising slogan "Be all you can be"?

Self actualization needs

A female consumer sees an ad about a woman who can no longer fit into her old bathing suit, the consumer might think about her own situation and make a personal pledge to lose weight before summer arrives. This would be an example of marketing communications that attempt to influence a consumer's level of ____

Self- esteem

____ summarizes the beliefs a person holds about his own attributes and how he or she evaluates their self on those qualities.

Self-concept

_____ occurs when people appear to "forget" about the negative source and change their attitude.

The sleeper effect

The ___ states when a person is confronted with inconsistencies among attitude or behavior, he/she will take action to restore consistency

Theory of cognitive dissonance

Which theory of attitudes states that people are motivated to take action to resolve inconsistencies between attitudes and behaviors?

Theory of cognitive dissonance

Body positivity refers to the idea that all people deserve to have a positive body image--- regardless of how culture idealized weight, size, shape, or other aspects of physical appearance.

True

Brand personality is a set of traits people attribute to a product as if it was a person ****

True

Product involvement refers to a consumer's level of interest in a product

True

The nature of the social comparison that occurs when a consumer uses these marketing images as a benchmark is likely different than the social comparison that occurs when a consumer sees advertisements for products that use professional models

True

The reality principle finds a way to gratify the id that are acceptable to the outside world

True

The ____ refers to our more realistic appraisal of the qualities we have and don't have.

actual self

If a consumer were to pursue products and services that seemed to alleviate loneliness, such as playing team sports, going to a bar, and/or shopping in busy malls, the consumer would be expressing a need for ____

affiliation

Mary Chen is torn between going home for the holidays to visit her parents in China or going on a skiing trip with friends from college. Mary would love to be able to do both. Which of the following motivational conflicts will Mary more likely experience as she makes her decision?

an approach- approach conflict

____ refers to the possession of both masculine and feminine traits.

androgyny

Linda named her car, which she drove to work every day, Sylvia. She talked to her friends about the personality traits her little car seemed to have. Linda has ____ her car.

anthropomorphized

Motivational conflicts can occur in a variety of ways. If a person must choose between two desirable alternatives, this form of conflict is called ___

approach- approach conflict

What type of conflict exists when we desire a goal but wish to avoid it at the same time?

approach- avoidance conflict

The functional theory of attitudes was initially developed to explain how ____

attitudes facilitate social behaviors

The Pillsbury Doughboy and the Jolly Green Giant are examples of

brand personalities

Cheryl has a new job at a financial services firm and he has decided to spend her hiring bonus on a new car. She believes that purchasing and driving a Mercedes will make her appear as a more successful member of the firm (and help her get promoted faster) than if she drives a Toyota. This is an example of _____

expectancy theory

The classification of gender into two distinct, opposite and disconnected forms (with no options with for any gender identities beyond these two) is known as

gender binarism

College student Jeff Barnes sees himself as a rich banker who drives a top of line BMW. This fantasy is an expression of the _____

ideal self

Consumers often conform to their home culture's expectations of their gender role- how they should eat/ drink/ drive/ listen to/ read/ watch. Marketers refer to this role and the combination of beliefs as gender ____

identity

The degree to which a person is willing to expend energy to reach a specific need is called ___

motivational direction

According to information presented in the chapter, the implication of Maslow's hierarchy of needs is that ____

one must satisfy basic needs before moving to higher order needs

Perceived ____ refers to the customer's assumption of negative consequences if they choose the wrong product option.

risk

If Volkswagen owners see themselves as being more economical and conservative than do owners of the Buick Regal, ____ is a probably at work

self- image congruence model

If products take on masculine or feminine attributes, they said to be ___

sex- typed

According to a major study of more than 1,000 commercials, the single most important factor whether a commercial will be persuasive is whether the communication ___

stresses a unique attribute or benefit of the product

According to Freud, the system that acts as a referee in the fight between temptation and virtue is called ____

the ego

Instead of spending the weekend working on the research paper die at the end of next week, Andrew decided to spend the weekend going out with friends. According to Freudian theory, which system dominated in Adam's decision?

the id


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