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Chapter 7 – Attitudes and Attitude Change
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Attitudes and Attitude Change
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Attitudes
Relatively enduring overall evaluations of:
Objects
Products
Services
Issues
People
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ABC Approach to Attitudes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSFjPIhg3o0
Affect
Behavior
Cognitions
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Hierarchy of Effects
Attitude approach that suggests that affect, behavior, and cognitions form in a sequential order
LO 3
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In-class Activities
As far as your concerned, which element of the hierarchy of effects do you believe has the strongest influence over you when you want to buy a smart phone? When you take a special friend out to dinner? When you buy a soft drink? In each case, explain your reasoning
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Attitude change theories and Persuasive Techniques
Elaboration likelihood model
Balance theory approach
Social judgment theory approach
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7.5 The Elaboration Likelihood Model
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Exhibit
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Elaboration Likelihood Model - Central Cues and Peripheral Cues
Information presented in a message about the product itself, its attributes, or the consequences of its use
Central cues
Nonproduct-related information presented in a message
Peripheral cues
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In-class Activities
Collect an ad that uses rational/emotional appeal. What do you think of the ad? How the ad might affect your attitude? What benefits does the company achieve from this ad?
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Balance Theory
Consumers are motivated to maintain perceived consistency in the relations found in a system
Based on the consistency principle
Consistency principle: Human beings prefer consistency among their beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors
Marketers should carefully monitor any changes that occur in how a target market perceives an endorser
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7.6 Balance Theory
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Exhibit
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Social Judgment Theory
Consumers compare information to existing attitudes about an object or issue
Attitude change depends upon how consistent the information is with the initial attitude
Marketers should construct messages in a manner that they fall within the targeted customer’s latitude of acceptance
LO 5
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7.7 Social Judgment Theory
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Exhibit
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In-class Activities
Create a list of current celebrities whom you feel could effectively endorse your group’s product categories. What specific brands do you feel each could effectively endorse?
Listing celebrities, their characteristics
Brand characteristics
Matchups
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In-class Activities
Create a list of current celebrities whom you feel typify cultural categories (e.g., clown, mother figure, etc.). What specific brands do you feel each could effectively endorse?
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Basic Communication Model
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Message Effects and Persuasion
Message effects: How the appeal of a message and its construction affect persuasiveness
Advertisers use appeals such as sex, humor, fear, and violence to increase the persuasiveness of an advertisement
Marketers should consider issues such as complexity of the ad, development of comparative ads, and placement of information
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axSnW-ygU5g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cJzTgFPj64
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Message Effects - Issues
Fear
Humor
Sex
Violence
LO 6
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Source Effects - Issues
Credibility
Attractiveness
Likeability
Meaningfulness
LO 6
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Key Terms
Attitudes
ABC approach to attitudes
Functional theory of attitudes
Utilitarian function of attitudes
Knowledge function of attitudes
Value-expressive function of attitudes
Ego-defensive function of attitudes
Hierarchy of effects
Attitude-toward-the-object (ATO) model
Compensatory model
Attitude–behavior consistency
Behavioral intentions model
Theory of planned action
KEY TERMS
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Key Terms (continued)
Attitude tracking
Persuasion
Elaboration likelihood model
Central route to persuasion
Central cues
Peripheral route to persuasion
Peripheral cues
Balance theory
Consistency principle
Social judgment theory
Message effects
Source effects
Serial position effect
Primary effect
Recency effect
Matchup hypothesis
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Summary
Components of attitude - Affect, behavior, and cognitions
Functions of consumer attitudes are utilitarian, knowledge, value-expressive, and ego-defensive functions
Hierarchy of effects
High involvement, low involvement, experiential, and behavioral influence
Consumer attitude models
ATO and behavioral intentions models
Message and its source can affect persuasion
SUMMARY
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