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Affective component  feelings or emotional reactions to an object.
(See page(s) 390)
Attitude  an enduring organization of motivational, emotional, perceptual, and cognitive processes with respect to some aspect of our environment.
(See page(s) 386)
Behavioral component  one’s tendency to respond in a certain manner toward an object or activity.
(See page(s) 390)
Benefit segmentation  segmenting consumers on the basis of their most important attribute or attributes.
(See page(s) 411)
Cognitive component  consists of a consumer’s beliefs about an object.
(See page(s) 387)
Comparative ads  directly compare the features or benefits of two or more brands.
(See page(s) 407)
Constant-sum scale  a popular way of measuring importance weights.
(See page(s) 389)
Elaboration likelihood model (ELM)  a theory about how attitudes are formed and changed under varying conditions of involvement as described earlier.
(See page(s) 400)
Emotional ads  designed primarily to elicit a positive affective response rather than provide information or arguments.
(See page(s) 408)
Fear appeals  the threat of negative (unpleasant) consequences if attitudes or behaviors are not altered.
(See page(s) 405)
Humorous appeals  ads built around humor which appear to increase attention to and liking of the ad.
(See page(s) 406)
Likert scale  presents statements claiming that the brand has a certain characteristic or that the consumer has a specific affective response to the overall brand or an aspect of it.
(See page(s) 394)
Mere exposure  the idea that simply presenting a brand to an individual on a large number of occasions might make the individual’s attitude toward the brand more positive.
(See page(s) 397)
Message framing  presenting one of two equivalent value outcomes either in positive or gain terms (positive framing) or in negative or loss terms (negative framing).
(See page(s) 410)
Mutiattribute attitude model  based on the logic that because all of the components of an attitude are generally consistent, the more favorable the overall attitude is.
(See page(s) 388)
One-sided message  messages where the benefits of a particular product are presented without mentioning any negative characteristics it might possess or any advantages a competitor might have.
(See page(s) 410)
Semantic differential scale  lists the various attributes and characteristics of a brand that might be part of the target market’s attitude toward the brand.
(See page(s) 393)
Source credibility  based on two basic dimensions, trustworthiness and expertise, it occurs when the target market views the source of the message as highly credible.
(See page(s) 401)
Spokes-characters  can be animated animals, people, products, or other objects.
(See page(s) 404)
Sponsorship  a company providing financial support for an event.
(See page(s) 404)
Testimonial ads  a person, generally a typical member of the target market, recounts his or her successful use of the product, service, or idea.
(See page(s) 401)
Theory of reasoned action  holds that behavioral intentions are based on a combination of the attitude toward a specific behavior and the motivation to comply with the normative beliefs.
(See page(s) 393)
Two-sided message  messages that provide good and bad points of a particular product.
(See page(s) 410)
Utilitarian appeals  involve informing the consumer of one or more functional benefits that are important to the target market.
(See page(s) 409)
Value-expressive appeals  attempt to build a personality for the product or create an image of the product user.
(See page(s) 409)







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