Consumer Behavior, 10e (Schiffman/Kanuk) Chapter Personality and Consumer Behavior 1) The inner psychological characteristics that both determine and reflect how a person responds to his or her environment compose an individual's A) role B) self-image C) individuality D) personality E) status Answer: D Diff: Page Ref: 118 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.1: Understand how personality reflects consumers' inner differences 2) The emphasis in the definition of personality is on inner characteristics, which are A) those characteristics of an individual that are not readily apparent to others B) those characteristics which individuals try to hide from others C) those characteristics that distinguish one individual from others D) those characteristics that make one individual similar to others E) those characteristics that constitute the individual's ideal self-image Answer: C Diff: Page Ref: 118 AACSB: Reflective Thinking Skill: Concept Objective: 5.1: Understand how personality reflects consumers' inner differences 3) In the study of personality, three distinct properties are of central importance These are that A) personality reflects individual differences, personality is consistent and enduring, and personality can change B) personality reflects similarities between individuals, personality is consistent and enduring, and personality can change C) personality reflects individual differences, personality is consistent and enduring, and personality does not change D) personality reflects similarities between individuals, personality is consistent and enduring, and personality does not change E) personality reflects individual differences, personality is inconsistent and fleeting, and personality can change Answer: A Diff: Page Ref: 118 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.1: Understand how personality reflects consumers' inner differences Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 4) The mother who comments about her teenage son that her child "has been impulsive from the day he was born," is supporting the contention that personality A) is enduring B) can change C) reflects individual differences D) is more apparent in childhood than adulthood E) develops as a result of social circumstances Answer: A Diff: Page Ref: 118 Skill: Application Objective: 5.1: Understand how personality reflects consumers' inner differences 5) How can marketers use an understanding of consumers' personalities to market their products? A) Marketers can rely on consistent consumption behavior over time because consumers' personalities are consistent over time B) Marketers can change consumers' personalities to conform to their products C) Marketers can attempt to appeal to the relevant traits inherent in their target group of consumers D) Marketers can use an understanding of consumers' personalities to create consumer needs E) In creating marketing messages, marketers can accurately presume that consumers' personalities constitute the single factor that influences how consumers behave Answer: C Diff: Page Ref: 119 AACSB: Reflective Thinking Skill: Application Objective: 5.1: Understand how personality reflects consumers' inner differences 6) Stacy notes that, after her freshman year of college, her daughter is more mature and is willing to listen to points of view other than those with which she agrees This supports the contention that personality A) is consistent B) reflects individual differences C) can change D) is more apparent in childhood than in adulthood E) is enduring Answer: C Diff: Page Ref: 119 Skill: Application Objective: 5.1: Understand how personality reflects consumers' inner differences Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 7) The convergence in personality characteristics of men and women provides evidence that A) personality is consistent and enduring B) personality develops from social interactions C) personality stereotypes may change over time D) personality is the result of an individual's desire to conquer feelings of anxiety E) personality develops from the way individuals deal with crises during their development Answer: C Diff: Page Ref: 119 Skill: Application Objective: 5.1: Understand how personality reflects consumers' inner differences 8) Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality is built on the premise that are at the heart of human motivations and personality A) social relationships B) conscious decision-making processes C) efforts to avoid anxiety D) efforts to overcome inferiority E) unconscious needs or drives Answer: E Diff: Page Ref: 119 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 9) According to Freud's theories, the is a conceptualization of the basic biogenic needs for which the individual seeks immediate satisfaction without concern for the specific means of satisfaction A) ego B) id C) super-id D) self-image E) superego Answer: B Diff: Page Ref: 119 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 10) Using sexual imagery to sell a product primarily appeals to Freud's conceptualization of the A) ego B) self-image C) superego D) id E) super-id Answer: D Diff: Page Ref: 119 AACSB: Analytic Skills Skill: Application Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 11) According to Freud's theories, the is responsible for ensuring that the individual satisfies needs in a socially acceptable fashion A) superego B) id C) ego D) super-id E) self-image Answer: A Diff: Page Ref: 119 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 12) According to Freud's theories, the functions as an internal monitor that helps balance the impulses stimulated by biogenic needs and the constraints applied by the sociocultural setting A) super-id B) self-image C) ego D) superego E) id Answer: C Diff: Page Ref: 119 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 13) According to Freud's theories, we are driven to action by the internal forces of the and constrained by the external forces of the , while the represents the individual's conscious choices of conformity and nonconformity with social standards in meeting one's biogenic needs A) ego; id; superego B) superego; ego; id C) id; ego; superego D) ego; superego; id E) id; superego; ego Answer: E Diff: Page Ref: 119 AACSB: Analytic Skills Skill: Concept Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 14) According to Freudian theory, an adult's personality is determined by A) how the individual alleviates feelings of anxiety B) how well the individual deals with crises experienced during development C) how the individual seeks rewarding relationships with others D) how the individual avoids feelings of inferiority E) how the individual develops the ideal social self-image Answer: B Diff: Page Ref: 120 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 15) Researchers who apply Freud's theories to the study of consumer personality believe that A) consumer behavior is an effort on behalf of individuals to overcome feelings of inferiority B) social relationships are fundamental to the formation and development of personality C) people continuously attempt to establish significant and rewarding relationships with others D) consumers are primarily unaware of their true reasons for their purchasing behavior E) behavior is largely driven by a desire to conquer feelings of anxiety Answer: D Diff: Page Ref: 121 Skill: Application Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 16) Neo-Freudian theorists believe that A) consumption situations are extensions of the consumer's personality B) human drives are largely unconscious C) social relationships are fundamental to the formation and development of personality D) consumers are primarily unaware of their true reasons for making decisions E) consumer purchases are a reflection of an individual's personality Answer: C Diff: Page Ref: 121 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 17) Alfred Adler, a neo-Freudian theorist, believed that A) unconscious needs and drives are at the heart of human motivation B) people continuously attempt to establish significant and rewarding relationships with others C) human beings are seeking to attain various rational goals, which he called style of life D) personality is measured in terms of specific psychological characteristics called traits E) personality is largely impacted by child-parent relationships and the individual's desire to conquer feelings of anxiety Answer: C Diff: Page Ref: 121 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 18) According to Karen Horney, individuals desire independence, self-reliance, and self-sufficiency A) compliant B) subversive C) aggressive D) detached E) obtrusive Answer: D Diff: Page Ref: 122 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 19) Consumer research using Karen Horney's CAD theory found that personalities were less likely to be brand loyal and more likely to try different brands A) submissive B) aggressive C) detached D) compliant E) subversive Answer: C Diff: Page Ref: 122 AACSB: Analytic Skills Skill: Application Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 20) Recent research using Karen Horney's CAD theory found that personalities tend to prefer name-brand products A) submissive B) aggressive C) detached D) compliant E) subversive Answer: D Diff: Page Ref: 122 AACSB: Analytic Skills Skill: Application Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 21) The orientation of trait theory is primarily A) empirical B) qualitative C) subjective D) extroverted E) interpretive Answer: A Diff: Page Ref: 122 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 22) Trait theory is different from the Freudian and neo-Freudian movements mainly because A) it is very recent B) it is primarily quantitative C) it is primarily qualitative D) it is a very old theory E) it is more subjective Answer: B Diff: Page Ref: 122 AACSB: Analytic Skills Skill: Concept Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 23) A(n) is defined as "any distinguishing, relatively enduring way in which one individual differs from another." A) personality B) individuality C) uniqueness D) trait E) characteristic Answer: D Diff: Page Ref: 122 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 24) How receptive a person is to new experiences is known as A) consumer ethnocentrism B) consumer innovativeness C) consumer understanding D) consumer perception E) consumer materialism Answer: B Diff: Page Ref: 122 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 25) The likelihood of a consumer accepting or rejecting foreign-made products is known as A) consumer ethnocentrism B) consumer innovativeness C) consumer understanding D) consumer perception E) consumer materialism Answer: A Diff: Page Ref: 122 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 26) The degree of a consumer's attachment to "worldly possessions" is known as A) consumer ethnocentrism B) consumer innovativeness C) consumer understanding D) consumer perception E) consumer materialism Answer: E Diff: Page Ref: 122 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 27) Trait researchers have found that it is generally most realistic to expect personality to be linked to A) consumer preference for specific brands B) consumers' biogenic needs C) how consumers make their choices D) the effectiveness of the interaction between the id, ego, and superego E) how aware consumers are of their true reasons for buying what they buy Answer: C Diff: Page Ref: 122 AACSB: Reflective Thinking Skill: Concept Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 28) are people who are open to new ideas and are often among the first to try new products, services, or practices A) consumer participants B) consumer followers C) consumer innovators D) consumer pathfinders E) consumer activists Answer: C Diff: Page Ref: 123 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 29) Personality trait research that tries to predict how will respond to certain new products or services is especially important to marketers given that these consumers are often critical to the success or failure of new products A) consumer advocate groups B) consumer reports C) consumer innovators D) laggards E) early majority consumers Answer: C Diff: Page Ref: 124 Skill: Application Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 30) When describing consumer innovativeness, the term "global innovativeness" refers to A) a pattern of actions or responses that indicate early acceptance of change and adoption of innovations B) a high level of demonstrated consumer ethnocentrism C) a tendency for innovativeness to exist independent of any context D) a high degree of rigidity that an individual displays toward the unfamiliar E) a tendency for innovativeness to exist within a very specific domain or product category Answer: C Diff: Page Ref: 125 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 10 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 55) The idea that consumers have reflects the observation that healthy or normal people are likely to display a somewhat different personality in each of a number of different situations or social roles A) consistent personalities B) an expected self C) extended selves D) an ideal self-image E) multiple selves Answer: E Diff: Page Ref: 145 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.5: Understand how the products and services that consumers use enhance their selfimages 56) Individuals develop their self-images through A) the establishment of their socioeconomic status B) the satisfaction of their primary needs C) interactions with people D) the biological aging process E) experiences with particular brands Answer: C Diff: Page Ref: 146 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.5: Understand how the products and services that consumers use enhance their selfimages 57) is how consumers see actually see themselves, whereas refers to how consumers would like to see themselves A) Ideal self-image; ideal social self-image B) Actual self-image; ideal self-image C) Social self-image; self-image D) Actual social self-image; ideal social self-image E) Ideal self-image; actual social self-image Answer: B Diff: Page Ref: 146 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.5: Understand how the products and services that consumers use enhance their selfimages 19 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 58) reflects how consumers would like to see themselves, whereas refers to how consumers would like others to see them A) Ideal self-image; ideal social self-image B) Actual self-image; ideal self-image C) Social self-image; self-image D) Actual social self-image; ideal social self-image E) Ideal self-image; actual social self-image Answer: A Diff: Page Ref: 146 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.5: Understand how the products and services that consumers use enhance their selfimages 59) Kyle is a senior in high school and is preparing to apply to colleges He sees himself going to a 4-year college or university and majoring in biology Kyle's self image as a future biology major is best described as his A) social self-image B) "ought-to" self C) extended self D) expected self-image E) multiple self Answer: D Diff: Page Ref: 146 Skill: Application Objective: 5.5: Understand how the products and services that consumers use enhance their selfimages 60) The consists of traits or characteristics that an individual believes it is his or her duty or obligation to possess A) social self-image B) "ought-to" self C) extended self D) expected self-image E) multiple self Answer: B Diff: Page Ref: 146 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.5: Understand how the products and services that consumers use enhance their selfimages 20 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc WEIGHT LOSS MINI CASE: Gloria sees herself as being a bit heavy and has made a New Years resolution to lose 10 pounds by Memorial Day She receives a postcard in the mail from her local gym chain that specializes in women's fitness The advertisement suggests that the chain is fun and welcoming - a place where women can work out comfortably with friends, in contrast to the potentially intimidating environments at other gyms After consulting a few friends, she decides to join She is particularly excited to try the various group classes the gym offers, many of which she has never heard of before 61) In the WEIGHT LOSS MINI CASE, Gloria sees herself as being a bit heavy This is Gloria's A) social self-image B) "ought-to" self C) extended self D) expected self-image E) actual self-image Answer: E Diff: Page Ref: 146 Skill: Application Objective: 5.5: Understand how the products and services that consumers use enhance their selfimages 62) In the WEIGHT LOSS MINI CASE, "fun and welcoming" describes the local gym's A) brand personification B) dogmatism C) brand personality D) expected self-image E) extended self Answer: C Diff: Page Ref: 138 Skill: Application Objective: 5.4: Understand how marketers seek to create brand personalities-like traits 63) In the WEIGHT LOSS MINI CASE, Gloria's social character would best be described as A) other-directed B) dogmatic C) sensation seeking D) innovative E) ethnocentric Answer: A Diff: Page Ref: 126 Skill: Application Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 21 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 64) In the WEIGHT LOSS MINI CASE, the more slender self that Gloria is working toward is Gloria's A) social self-image B) ideal social self-image C) projective self-image D) expected self-image E) actual self-image Answer: D Diff: Page Ref: 146 Skill: Application Objective: 5.5: Understand how the products and services that consumers use enhance their selfimages 65) In the WEIGHT LOSS MINI CASE, Gloria is particularly excited to try new and different group exercise classes Gloria is probably best described as A) highly ethnocentric B) highly dogmatic C) inner-directed D) novelty seeking E) high in her need for cognition Answer: D Diff: Page Ref: 128 Skill: Application Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 22 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc TEQUILA MINI CASE: Viva Beverages has recently launched its own brand of tequila under the slogan "I never have, but I'd like to." Viva's television advertisements are set in a trendy night club with a well-dressed man standing at the bar A scantily clad woman with a Russian accent is serving drinks She approaches him and the following interaction ensues: WOMAN: What can I for you? MAN: I don't know, something different WOMAN: Well, have you ever tried (WOMAN looks both ways, then leans across the bar and whispers into MAN's ear) MAN: I never have, but I'd like to (WOMAN serves MAN a Viva Tequila) 66) In the TEQUILA MINI CASE, the advertisement would most accurately be described as appealing to which of the following Freudian elements of the personality? A) super-id B) ego C) self-image D) superego E) id Answer: E Diff: Page Ref: 119 Skill: Application Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 67) In the TEQUILA MINI CASE, setting the advertisement in a trendy bar full of people enjoying themselves together is designed to appeal to which of the following social character personality traits? A) other-directedness B) dogmatism C) ethnocentricity D) inner-directedness E) innovativeness Answer: A Diff: Page Ref: 126 Skill: Application Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 23 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 68) In the TEQUILA MINI CASE, what kind of consumer behavior does Viva's slogan encourage? A) ethnocentricity B) dogmatism C) consumer innovativeness D) consumer satisfaction E) consumer uniqueness Answer: C Diff: Page Ref: 125 Skill: Application Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 69) In the TEQUILA MINI CASE, when the man asks for "something different," he is engaging in A) vicarious exploration B) perceptual mapping C) ethnocentricity D) exploratory purchase behavior E) use innovativeness Answer: D Diff: Page Ref: 128 Skill: Application Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 70) In the TEQUILA MINI CASE, the bartender in the Viva advertisement is intended to suggest that Viva Vodka is trendy and foreign What type of consumer would respond best to this element of the advertisement? A) consumers high in dogmatism B) consumers low in optimum stimulation level C) consumers who are predominantly verbalizers D) consumers low in ethnocentricity E) consumers with a low need for uniqueness Answer: D Diff: Page Ref: 135 Skill: Application Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 24 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc FURNITURE MINI CASE: Andrews Mountain Furniture is a manufacturer of home furnishings in eastern North Carolina Andrews has been in business for 150 years and its advertising emphasizes the company's long history of production and sales in the United States It also encourages cross-generational brand loyalty within families by suggesting to adults should buy the same furniture that their parents had in their homes 71) In the FURNITURE MINI CASE, Andrews Mountain's advertising emphasizes that its furnishings are all "Made in America." This is designed to appeal to people with high A) need for cognition B) ethnocentricity C) innovativeness D) optimum stimulation levels E) variety seeking behavior Answer: B Diff: Page Ref: 135 Skill: Application Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 72) In the FURNITURE MINI CASE, the name of the furniture company is an attempt to create a strong for the brand in the minds of consumers A) brand personification B) superego C) self-image D) geographical association E) brand personality Answer: D Diff: Page Ref: 143 Skill: Application Objective: 5.4: Understand how marketers seek to create brand personalities-like traits 73) In the FURNITURE MINI CASE, by encouraging consumers to remain loyal to the brands to which their parents were loyal, Andrews Mountain is appealing to consumers with low A) dogmatism B) ethnocentricity C) need for cognition D) inner-directedness E) need for uniqueness Answer: E Diff: Page Ref: 126 Skill: Application Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 25 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 74) In the FURNITURE MINI CASE, Andrews Mountain's advertisements are dominated by pictures of the furniture, and attempt to convey a feeling for its quality and style through these photographs This is in an attempt to appeal to A) verbalizers B) innovators C) visualizers D) fixated consumers E) sensation seekers Answer: C Diff: Page Ref: 129 Skill: Application Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 75) In the FURNITURE MINI CASE, Andrews Mountain Furniture is most likely to appeal to consumers who are and value tradition over novelty A) low in ethnocentricity B) low in dogmatism C) high in dogmatism D) sensation seekers E) novelty seekers Answer: C Diff: Page Ref: 126 Skill: Application Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 76) Theorists agree that social relationships and environmental influences are what shape human personality Answer: FALSE Diff: Page Ref: 118 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.1: Understand how personality reflects consumers' inner differences 77) If each person were different in terms of all personality traits, it would be impossible to group consumers into segments on the basis of personality Answer: TRUE Diff: Page Ref: 118 AACSB: Reflective Thinking Skill: Application Objective: 5.1: Understand how personality reflects consumers' inner differences 78) Marketers are able to change consumers' personalities to conform to their products Answer: FALSE Diff: Page Ref: 118 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.1: Understand how personality reflects consumers' inner differences 26 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 79) The fact that consumers' personalities are consistent means that their behavior is always consistent Answer: FALSE Diff: Page Ref: 119 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.1: Understand how personality reflects consumers' inner differences 80) An individual's personality changes only in response to major life events, such as marriage or the birth of a child Answer: FALSE Diff: Page Ref: 119 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.1: Understand how personality reflects consumers' inner differences 81) According to Freud, the superego acts to restrain or inhibit the impulsive forces of the id Answer: TRUE Diff: Page Ref: 119 AACSB: Analytic Skills Skill: Concept Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 82) Researchers who apply Freud's psychoanalytic theory to the study of consumer personality tend to see consumer purchases as a reflection and an extension of the consumer's personality Answer: TRUE Diff: Page Ref: 121 Skill: Application Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 83) According to Karen Horney, aggressive individuals desire to excel and win admiration Answer: TRUE Diff: Page Ref: 122 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 84) It is generally more realistic to expect personality to be linked to the purchase or consumption of a broad product category rather than a specific brand Answer: TRUE Diff: Page Ref: 123 Skill: Application Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 27 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 85) Dogmatism, social character, and optimum stimulation level are personality traits that have been useful in measuring consumer materialism Answer: FALSE Diff: Page Ref: 124 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 86) People who are high in dogmatism are more likely to prefer innovative products to established or traditional alternatives Answer: FALSE Diff: Page Ref: 126 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 87) Inner-directed consumers tend to rely on their own values or standards in evaluating new products and are likely to be consumer innovators Answer: TRUE Diff: Page Ref: 126 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 88) When consumers are asked to explain their choices, but are not concerned about being criticized by others, they are more receptive to making unique choices Answer: TRUE Diff: Page Ref: 126 Skill: Application Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 89) Consumers whose actual lifestyles are equivalent to their OSL scores are likely to seek rest or relief Answer: FALSE Diff: Page Ref: 128 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 90) Consumers with a high need for variety tend to search for marketers that provide a diverse product line Answer: TRUE Diff: Page Ref: 128 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 28 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 91) Variety seekers often use price promotions as low-cost ways to try different brands over time Answer: TRUE Diff: Page Ref: 128 AACSB: Analytic Skills Skill: Concept Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 92) The extent of consumer materialism is more or less the same from country to country Answer: FALSE Diff: Page Ref: 132 AACSB: Multicultural and Diversity Skill: Concept Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 93) Materialistic consumers are out of control and their actions may have damaging consequences to them and those around them Answer: FALSE Diff: Page Ref: 133 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 94) Fixated and compulsive consumption are in the realm of abnormal behavior Answer: FALSE Diff: Page Ref: 132 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 95) Consumers who have little knowledge about a product are more strongly influenced by country-of-origin perceptions than consumers with high knowledge about a product Answer: FALSE Diff: Page Ref: 136 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 29 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 96) Any brand personality, as long as it is strong and favorable, will strengthen a brand Answer: TRUE Diff: Page Ref: 138 AACSB: Reflective Thinking Skill: Concept Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 97) For a geographical association to be beneficial for a brand, the location must be real and reflect where the product is actually made Answer: FALSE Diff: Page Ref: 143 AACSB: Reflective Thinking Skill: Concept Objective: 5.4: Understand how marketers seek to create brand personalities-like traits 98) Consumers who have strong links to particular brands see such brands as representing an aspect of themselves Answer: TRUE Diff: Page Ref: 146 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.5: Understand how the products and services that consumers use enhance their selfimages 99) The expected self and the "ought-to" self provide consumers with a realistic opportunity to change the self, and thus are valuable to marketers as a guide to designing and promoting products Answer: TRUE Diff: Page Ref: 146 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.5: Understand how the products and services that consumers use enhance their selfimages 100) High self-monitors might be more prone to employ a self-altering product in order to enhance their ideal social self-image Answer: TRUE Diff: Page Ref: 149 AACSB: Reflective Thinking Skill: Application Objective: 5.5: Understand how the products and services that consumers use enhance their selfimages 30 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 101) "Personality reflects individual differences." Discuss this statement Answer: Because the inner characteristics that constitute an individual's personality are a unique combination of factors, no two individuals are exactly alike Nevertheless, many individuals may be similar in terms of a single personality factor and not in terms of others Personality is useful in terms of reflecting individual differences because it enables marketers to categorize consumers into different groups on the basis of one or even several traits, and build a marketing campaign around those traits Diff: Page Ref: 118 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.1: Understand how personality reflects consumers' inner differences 102) Talk about Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality How the three systems he proposed interact? Answer: Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality is a cornerstone of modern psychology It was built on the premise that unconscious needs and drives, especially sexual and biological, are at the heart of human motivation and personality Based on this theory, Freud proposes that human personality consists of three interacting systems: the id, the superego, and the ego The id is the warehouse of primitive and impulsive drives, such as hunger, thirst and sex, for which individuals seek immediate satisfaction The superego is the individual's internal expression of society's moral and ethical codes of conduct Its role is to see that individuals satisfy their needs in a socially acceptable fashion The ego is the conscious control It functions as an internal monitor that attempts to balance the impulsive demands of the id and the sociocultural constraints of the superego Diff: Page Ref: 119-120 AACSB: Analytic Skills Skill: Concept Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 103) What did Karen Horney, a neo-Freudian theorist, propose with respect to personality? Answer: Karen Horney focused on the impact of parent-child relationships and the individual's desire to conquer feelings of anxiety She proposed the CAD theory, in which she stated that individuals can be classified into three personality groups: compliant, aggressive, and detached Complaint personalities are those who move towards others Aggressive individuals are those who move against others Detached personalities are those who move away from others Diff: Page Ref: 122 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.2: Understand how Freudian, neo-Freudian, and trait theories explore the influence of personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 31 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 104) What is consumer innovativeness, and how does it relate to personality and consumer behavior? Answer: Consumer innovators are those consumers who are likely to be first to try new products, services and practices Those with a high level of innovativeness are of major concern and interest to marketers because they many times determine the success or failure of new products, especially new product categories Diff: Page Ref: 124-125 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 105) How inner-directed people differ from other-directed people? How does that implicate marketers? Answer: Inner directed consumers tend to rely on their own values or standards in evaluating new products and are more likely to be innovators Other directed consumers tend to look to others for direction on what is right or wrong; they are less likely to be innovators Marketers need to attract inner-directed people with ads that stress product features and personal benefits, whereas other-directed people prefer ads that feature an approving social environment and social acceptance Diff: Page Ref: 126 AACSB: Reflective Thinking Skill: Application Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 106) What is use innovativeness in the context of variety-novelty seeking personalities? Give an example Answer: Use innovativeness means using an already established and adopted product in a new or novel way This trait is particularly relevant to technology products in which there are many features and options that may be creatively utilized Here, the student may offer a variety of examples Diff: Page Ref: 128 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 107) What are some general characteristics of materialistic people? Answer: Materialistic people value acquiring possessions and showing them off They are particularly self-centered and selfish; they seek lifestyles full of possessions and hope for greater happiness and satisfaction by acquiring more possessions Diff: Page Ref: 130 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 32 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc 108) What is consumer ethnocentrism? Cite some examples Answer: It is a predisposition to accept (or reject) foreign made products Consumers who are highly ethnocentric are likely to feel that it is inappropriate or wrong to purchase foreign made products for many reasons, mainly economic, but also for political and social reasons A student may offer a variety of examples mentioned in the text or others from personal experience Diff: Page Ref: 135 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.3: Understand how personality reflects consumers' responses to product and marketing messages 109) A variety of different self-images have been recognized in consumer behavior Talk about three kinds of self-image Answer: First, the actual self-image is how a consumer sees themselves in reality Second, the ideal self image is how consumers would like to see themselves Third, the social self-image is how consumers feel others see them The student may offer other types of self-image Diff: Page Ref: 146 Skill: Concept Objective: 5.5: Understand how the products and services that consumers use enhance their selfimages 110) Identify the ways in which possessions can extend the self Answer: Much human emotion can be connected to valued possessions In such cases, possessions are considered extensions of the self Possessions can extend the self in a number of ways: (1) actually, by allowing the person to things that otherwise would be very difficult or impossible to accomplish; (2) symbolically, by making the person feel better or "bigger"; (3) by conferring status or rank; (4) by bestowing feelings of immortality by leaving valued possessions to young family members; and (5) by endowing with magical powers Diff: Page Ref: 148-149 Skill: Application Objective: 5.5: Understand how the products and services that consumers use enhance their selfimages 33 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc ... likelihood of a consumer accepting or rejecting foreign-made products is known as A) consumer ethnocentrism B) consumer innovativeness C) consumer understanding D) consumer perception E) consumer. .. personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 24) How receptive a person is to new experiences is known as A) consumer ethnocentrism B) consumer innovativeness C) consumer understanding D) consumer. .. personality on consumers' attitudes and behavior 26) The degree of a consumer' s attachment to "worldly possessions" is known as A) consumer ethnocentrism B) consumer innovativeness C) consumer