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Personality. Personality. Distinctive patterns of behavior, including thoughts and emotions that characterize each individual’s adaptation the situations of his/her life. Personality behaviors are: Generally consistent Distinguishing Situation related. Personality is intriguing, but.
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Personality • Distinctive patterns of behavior, including thoughts and emotions that characterize each individual’s adaptation the situations of his/her life. • Personality behaviors are: • Generally consistent • Distinguishing • Situation related
Personality is intriguing, but... • Single measures of personality cannot predict specific brand-purchase behaviors. • CAD Theory • Compliant • Aggressive • Detached
Psychoanalytic Theory • Freud • Unconscious needs or drives are at the heart of human motivation and personality. • Personality forms as a struggle between physiological drives and social pressures.
Cornerstone of Freudian Theory • Personality is the product of three interacting forces: • Id • Superego • Ego
Marketing Applications • Consumer purchases are a reflection and extension of the consumer’s own personality. • Offer packaging and promotions that appeal to impulsive behavior. • Fantasy appeals. • Projective research techniques.
Non-Freudian Theories • Social relationships are fundamental to the formation and development of personality. • Personalities continue to develop as adults. • Several different theories: • CAD theory • Jung (Meyers-Briggs personality types)
Trait Theory • Approach personality as a set of psychological traits. • Trait is a relatively enduring characteristic which differentiate people from each other. • When identified and measured, traits are useful in predicting brand or store preference and other types of consumer behavior.
Traits Associated with the Likelihood to Innovate or not to Innovate • Consumer innovativeness • Dogmatism • Social character • Optimum stimulation level • Variety-novelty seeking
Consumer Materialism • Value acquiring and showing off possessions. • Are particularly self-centered and selfish. • Seek lifestyles full of possessions. • Have many possessions that do not lead to greater happiness.
Fixated Consumption Behavior • Passionate interest in object or product category. • Willingness to go to great lengths to get object of interest. • Dedication of discretionary time and money to the object.
Compulsive Consumption Behavior • Abnormal behavior. • Addicted to consumption. • Out-of-control consumers.
Consumer Ethnocentrism • Ethnocentric consumers feel it is wrong to purchase foreign-made products. • CETSCALE. • Marketers can target ethnocentric consumers by stressing national themes.
Cognitive Personality Traits • Need for cognition • Consumers who like lots of information, enjoy thinking. • Visualizers vs. verbalizers • Consumers’ preference for information presented visually or verbally.
Self-Concept Theory • A consumer’s thoughts and feelings in reference to him or herself as an object. • Self-image. • We expect consumers’ behaviors to be consistent with their self-images.
Self-images • Actual self-image • Ideal self-image • Social self-image • Ideal social self-image • Expected self-image
Self-images • Actual self-image • Ideal self-image • Social self-image • Ideal social self-image • Expected self-image
The Extended Self • Human emotion is connected to possessions we value. • Possessions are considered to be extensions of the self • Actually • Symbolically • Conferring status
My ______ holds a special place in my life. My ______ is central to my identity. I feel emotionally attached to my ______. My ______ helps me narrow the gap between what I am and try to be. If my ______ was stolen, I would feel as if part of me is missing. I would be a different person without my _____. I take good care of my ______.
The Altered Self • Consumers who are not satisfied with themselves will use self-altering products in an attempt to change their self-image.
Brand Personality • Brand personification--consumers transform perceptions of product characteristics into human-like character. • Sincerity • Excitement • Competence • Sophistication • ruggedness
Brand Gender • Brands can take on gender. • Generally associated with whether or not males or females predominately use product.
Brand Color • Certain colors convey personality characteristics. • RED • SILVER, GOLD • GREEN • WHITE