E merce Ch. 6

Chapter 6 bold termsand notes from back

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A social science discipline that attempts to model and understand the behavior of humans in a marketplace
Consumer behavior
Shapes basic human values, wants, perceptions, and behaviors
Culture
Subset of cultures that form around major social differences like ethnicity, age, lifestyle, and geography
Subculture
One's family, profession or occupation, religion, neighborhood, and schools
Direct reference groups
One's life-cycle stage, social class, and lifestyle group
Indirect reference group
Influence the behavior of others through their personality, skills, or other factors
Opinion leaders (viral influencers)
An integrated pattern of activities, interests, and opinions
Lifestyle group
Set of needs, drives, motivations, perceptions, and learned behaviors ex) achieving a sense of control about your health through a site
Psychological profile
Divides a market into different groups based on social class, lifestyle, and/or personality characteristics
Pyschographic research
Most important factors for predicting buyer behavior?
1) looking for product information 2) leading a "wired lifestyle" 3) recently ordering from a catalog
Five stages in the consmer decision process
Awareness of need, search for more info, evaluation of alternatives, the actual purchase decision, and post-purchase contact with the firm
Is online consumer behavior different from offline behavior?
Arguably not. decision process remains the same.
The transaction log that consumers establish as they move about the web
Clickstream behavior
Thought to be the two mots imporant factors in predicting online consumer behavior..
Session characteristics (purpose/mission online) and clickstream behavior
Two most important factors shaping the decision to puchrase online?
Utility (good deal, convenience, bargains, etc) and trust.