Homework answers / question archive / Chapter 7 1)What is a dissociative reference group? In what way can dissociative reference groups influence consumer behavior (CB)?   What is a brand community?  What are the characteristics of such a group?   Explain the role of enduring involvement in driving opinion leadership?     What is an aspiration reference group? How can an aspiration reference group influence behavior?       What types of group influence exist? Why must a marketing manager be aware of these separate types of group influence?     What is a consumption-based group or a consumption subculture? What are the characteristics of such a group?  How can marketers develop strategy based on consumption subcultures?           How does a group differ from a reference group?                       What five factors determine the strength of reference group influence in a situation?                       How can marketing managers identify opinion leaders?                       10 How can marketers utilize opinion leaders?                       11 What is an opinion leader? How does an opinion leader relate to the multistep flow of communication?                       12 What determines the likelihood that a consumer will seek information from an opinion leader?                       13 What is an innovation? Who determines whether a given product is an innovation?                       14 What criteria are used by marketers to classify groups?                       15 Describe the factors that affect the diffusion rate for an innovation

Chapter 7 1)What is a dissociative reference group? In what way can dissociative reference groups influence consumer behavior (CB)?   What is a brand community?  What are the characteristics of such a group?   Explain the role of enduring involvement in driving opinion leadership?     What is an aspiration reference group? How can an aspiration reference group influence behavior?       What types of group influence exist? Why must a marketing manager be aware of these separate types of group influence?     What is a consumption-based group or a consumption subculture? What are the characteristics of such a group?  How can marketers develop strategy based on consumption subcultures?           How does a group differ from a reference group?                       What five factors determine the strength of reference group influence in a situation?                       How can marketing managers identify opinion leaders?                       10 How can marketers utilize opinion leaders?                       11 What is an opinion leader? How does an opinion leader relate to the multistep flow of communication?                       12 What determines the likelihood that a consumer will seek information from an opinion leader?                       13 What is an innovation? Who determines whether a given product is an innovation?                       14 What criteria are used by marketers to classify groups?                       15 Describe the factors that affect the diffusion rate for an innovation

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Chapter 7

1)What is a dissociative reference group? In what way can dissociative reference groups influence consumer behavior (CB)?

 

2. What is a brand community?  What are the characteristics of such a group?

 

3. Explain the role of enduring involvement in driving opinion leadership?

 

	What is an aspiration reference group? How can an aspiration reference group influence behavior?

 

5. What types of group influence exist? Why must a marketing manager be aware of these separate types of group influence?

 

 

What is a consumption-based group or a consumption subculture? What are the characteristics of such a group?  How can marketers develop strategy based on consumption subcultures?

 

	How does a group differ from a reference group?

 

	What five factors determine the strength of reference group influence in a situation?

 

	How can marketing managers identify opinion leaders?

 

	10 How can marketers utilize opinion leaders?

 

	11 What is an opinion leader? How does an opinion leader relate to the multistep flow of communication?

 

	12 What determines the likelihood that a consumer will seek information from an opinion leader?

 

	13 What is an innovation? Who determines whether a given product is an innovation?

 

	14 What criteria are used by marketers to classify groups?

 

	15 Describe the factors that affect the diffusion rate for an innovation. How can these factors be utilized in developing marketing strategy?

 

	16  How does a market maven differ from an opinion leader?

 

	17 What is the diffusion process? What pattern does the diffusion process appear to follow over time?

 

	18 What is the Asch phenomenon and how do marketers utilize it?

 

	19 What exactly is an online social network site?  What are the guidelines for marketers operating in online communities and social networking sites?

 

	20 How can a marketer use knowledge of reference group influences to develop advertising strategies?

 

	21 What are adopter categories? Describe each of the adopter categories.

 

	22 How can a marketer use knowledge of adopter categories to develop marketing strategy?

 

	23 What is buzz?  How can marketers create it?

 

	24 How can a marketer foster a brand community?
	Chapter8

1. What is a contextual cue? Why is it of interest to marketers?

What is adaptation level theory? What is ad avoidance? How is DVR technology affecting it? How are marketers dealing with this phenomenon? What impact does program involvement have on the attention paid to commercials embedded in the program? How can rhetorical figures enhance attention? What is meant by subliminal perception? Is it a real phenomenon? Is it effective? What is ambush marketing? What is meant by hemispheric lateralization? What is cross-promotion retail strategy?  Provide two examples. What is information overload? How should marketers deal with information overload? What is the difference between semantic and psychological meaning? What is co-branding? Is it effective? What ethical concerns arise in applying knowledge of the perceptual process? What determines how an individual will interpret a given stimulus? What is figure-ground? What are infomercials? How effective are they? What is a consumer inference? Why is this of interest to marketers?   What is information processing? How does it differ from perception? What is the difference between cognitive and affective interpretation? What is a smart banner?  How does this relate to selective attention? What are zipping, zapping, and muting? Why are they a concern to marketers? What stimulus factors can be used to attract attention? What problems can arise when stimulus factors are used to attract attention? What is sensory discrimination? What is a just noticeable difference (j.n.d.)? How does a knowledge of information processing assist the manager in the following: a) formulating retail strategy? b) developing brand names and logos? c) formulating media strategy? d) designing ads? e) package design and labels? 25.What is meant by nonfocused attention? What is meant by exposure? What determines which stimuli an individual will be exposed to? How do marketers utilize this knowledge?   What is meant by attention? What determines which stimuli an individual will attend to? How do marketers utilize this? What is meant by interpretation?