CHAPTER EIGHT
Perception
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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Information Processing for
Consumer Decision Making
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The Nature of Perception
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• Exposure: when a stimulus comes within
range of our sensory receptor nerves
• Random vs. Deliberate
• Attention: when the stimulus activates one or
more sensory receptor nerves and the resulting
sensations go to the brain for processing
• Low vs. High Involvement
• Interpretation: the assignment of meaning to
sensations
• Low vs. High Involvement
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Consumer Insight 8-1
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• What ethical questions, if any, do you see in
using product placement as a marketing tool?
Are your feelings the same across all product
categories?
• Are there unique issues and perhaps rules that
should govern product placements in movies
targeting children?
• How could a marketer determine how much to
pay for a brand placement in a particular
movie or television program episode?
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Stimulus Factors
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• Size and Intensity – influence the
probability of paying attention
• Color and Movement – serve to attract
attention
• Position – placement of the object in a
person’s visual field
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The Impact of Size
on Advertising Readership
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Color and Size Impact on Attention
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Stimulus Factors
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• Isolation – the separation of a stimulus object
from other objects
• Format – manner in which the message is
presented
• Contrast – the tendency to attend more
closely to stimuli that contrast with their
background
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Use of Isolation and Contrast
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Individual Factors
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• Interest – a reflection of overall lifestyle
and the ability to attend to information
• Need – reflection of long-term goals and
plans and their short-term needs
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Situational Factors
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Program Involvement:
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Involvement with a Magazine and
Advertising Effectiveness
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Nonfocused Attention
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• Hemispheric Lateralization – activity
that takes place on each side of the brain
• Subliminal Stimuli – a message that is
presented so fast that one is not aware of
seeing or hearing it
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Determinants of Interpretation
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Individual
characteristics
Stimulus
characteristics
Situational
characteristics
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Interpretation:
Gestalt
Cognitive
Affective
Interpretation
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The assignment of meaning to sensations
• Cognitive interpretation – process
whereby stimuli are placed into existing
categories of meaning
• Affective interpretation – the
emotional or feeling response triggered
by a stimulus such as an ad
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Interpretation Characteristics
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• Individual:
• Learning
• Expectations
• Situational:
• Contextual Priming
• Stimulus:
• Sensory Discrimination
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Interpretation Extended…
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• Interpreting Images – What does this
mean?
• Consumer Inferences – the process by
which consumers assign a value to an
attribute or item not contained in an ad
on the basis of other data in the ad
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Impact on Marketing Strategy
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Impact on Retailers
Brand Name and Logo Development
Effective Media Strategy
Advertisement and Package Design
Warning labels and Disclaimers
Evaluating Advertising effectiveness
Ethical Concerns
Logos Influence on Image
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Group Exercise:
Discussion questions #37 & 38
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• Break into groups of three
• Present your brand name and logos
of the five items to the group
• Have the group discuss their
perceptions of your brand
• Discuss differences in your
intentions and perceptions
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Exposure to Magazines
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Consumer Insight 8-2
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• How does ambush marketing work?
• Ambush marketing does what harm, if
any?
• What ethical issues, if any, arise in
ambush marketing?
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