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231- Buyer Behavior
Chapter 2: Perception
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Marketing
Undergraduate 3
01/31/2011

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Sensory
Definition
Refer to the immediate response of our sensory receptors (eyes, ears, nose, mouth, fingers) to basic stimuli such as light, color, sound, odor, ,and texture.
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Perception
Definition
Is the process by which people select, organize, and interpret these sensations.
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Exposure
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Occurs when stimulus comes within the range of someone's sensory receptors.
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Psychophysics
Definition
Is the science that focuses on how the physical environment is integrated into our personal, subjective world.
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Subliminal Perception
Definition
Occurs when the stimulus is below the level of the consumer's awareness.
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Embeds
Definition
Are tiny figures they insert into magazine advertising via high-speed photography or airbrushing.
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Attention
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Refers to the extent to which procession activity is devoted to a particular stimulus.
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Perceptual Filters
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Based on our past experiences influence what we decide to process
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Perceptual Vigilance
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Is one such factor. Consumers are more likely to be aware of stimuli that relate to their current needs.
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Perceptual Defense
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This is the flip of perceptual vigilance. This means people see what they want to see- and don't see what they don't want to see.
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Adaption
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The degree to which consumers continue to notice a stimulus over time. This process occurs when they no longer pay attention to a stimulus because it becomes to familiar.
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What are factors of Adaption?
Definition
-Intensity: Less-intense stimuli habituate because they have less sensory impact.
-Duration: Stimuli that require relatively lengthy exposure in order to be processed habituate because they require a long attention span.
-Discrimination: Simple stimuli habituate because they do not require attention to detail.
-Exposure: Frequently encountered stimuli habituate as the rate of exposure increases.
-Relevance: Stimuli that are irrelevant or unimportant habituate because they fail to attract attention.
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Stimulus Selection Factors
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-Size: The size of the stimulus itself in contrast to the competition helps to determine if it will command attention.
-Color: As we've seen, color is a powerful way to draw attention to a product or to give it a distinct identity.
-Position: We stand a better chance of noticing stimuli that are in places we are likely to look.
-Novelty: Stimuli that appear in unexpected ways or places tend to grab our attention.
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Interpretation
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Refers to the meanings we assign to sensory stimuli.
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Schema
Definition
An organized collection of beliefs and feelings represented in a cognitive category.
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Priming
Definition
Properties of a stimuli that evoke a schema that leads us to compare the stimulus to other similar ones we encountered in the past.
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