9. Consumer Behaviour
• Flying Machine
• Study of how individuals, groups and
organizations select, buy, use & dispose of
goods, services, ideas or experiences to satisfy
their needs and wants
• Factors – Cultural, Social and Personal
10. Cultural Factor
• Fundamental determinant of a person’s want
and behaviour
• Child in US
• Child in India
• Subculture
• Social Stratification
17. Social Factor
• Reference Groups
– Membership Groups
– Primary Groups
– Secondary Groups
– Aspirational Groups
– Dissociative Groups
• Expose individuals to new behaviors and lifestyles
• They Influence attitudes and self concept
• Create Pressure for conformity
• Opinion Leader
18. Social Factor
• Family
– Family of Orientation
• Parents and Siblings
• Orientation towards religion, politics and Economics and a
sense of personal ambition
– Family of Procreation
• Spouse and children
• Husband wife joint decision making
• Increase in the amount of rupee spent
• The direct and indirect influence wielded by children
• Roles and Status
19. Personal Factor
• Age and Stage in the life cycle
– Taste in food, clothing and recreation is directly
related to our age
– Consumption is shaped by the family life cycle
– Critical Life Events or Transitions
– Psychological Life-Cycle
• Occupation and Economic Circumstances
– Recession
20. Personal Factor
• Personality and Self-Concept
– Brand Personality
– Aaker
• Sincerity
• Excitement
• Competence
• Sophistication
• Ruggeddness
• Lifestyles and Values
24. Learning
• Drive – Strong Internal Stimulus impelling
action
• Cues – minor stimuli that determine when,
where and how a person responds
• Discrimination – Differences in sets of similar
stimuli and can adjust our responses
accordingly