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Approach-approach conflict  a consumer who must choose between two attractive alternatives.
(See page(s) 366)
Approach-avoidance conflict  a consumer facing a purchase choice with both positive and negative consequences.
(See page(s) 366)
Avoidance-avoidance conflict  a choice involving only undesirable outcomes.
(See page(s) 366)
Attribution theory  an approach to understanding the reasons consumers assign particular meanings to the behaviors of others.
(See page(s) 357)
Benefit chain  where a product or brand is repeatedly shown to a consumer who names all the benefits that possession or use of the product might provide until the consumer can no longer identify additional benefits.
(See page(s) 364)
Brand personality  a set of human characteristics that become associated with a brand.
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Demand  the willingness to buy a particular product or service.
(See page(s) 367)
Emotion  strong, relatively uncontrolled feelings that affect behavior.
(See page(s) 372)
Five-Factor Model  a multitrait theory used to identify five basic traits that are formed by genetics and early learning.
(See page(s) 368)
Galvanic skin response (GSR)  used to measure emotional arousal.
(See page(s) 376)
Laddering  a new projective technique used to construct a means-end or benefit chain.
(See page(s) 364)
Latent motives  motives either unknown to the consumer or such that he was reluctant to admit them.
(See page(s) 363)
Manifest motives  motives that are known and freely admitted.
(See page(s) 363)
Means-end chain  where a product or brand is repeatedly shown to a consumer who names all the benefits that possession or use of the product might provide until the consumer can no longer identify additional benefits.
(See page(s) 364)
Motivation  the reason for behavior.
(See page(s) 355)
Motive  a construct representing an unobservable inner force that stimulates and compels a behavioral response and provides specific direction for that response.
(See page(s) 355)
Personality  an individual’s characteristic response tendencies across similar situations.
(See page(s) 367)
Projective techniques  or motivation research are designed to provide information on latent motives.
(See page(s) 363)







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