Attitude and Attitude Change
Attitude and Attitude Change
Attitude and Attitude Change
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J Anandu
Nirali Shah
Praveen A
Divya Yadav
Rohit Kapila
Juhie K
Nikhil George
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Attitude and Attitude Components
ATTITUDES
Function of attitudes
Functions of Attitude
Daniel Katz explains that people
are motivated to attain a variety
of goals, including
maximizing concrete rewards,
expressing values
defending self against
threatening ideas
Utilitarian Function
Football fans revealed that they wear their team’s apparel to fit in and make
connections. College goers wear certain brands so as to fit in the expectations
of others
Knowledge Function
The knowledge function of attitudes allows customers
to simplify their decision making process.
Attitudes perform the function of helping consumers
avoid undesirable situations and approach more
desirable situations
Attitude components get stored in the long term
memory and become linked together to form rules
that guide behavior
A PG student avoids a party because he knows there
will be a lot of drinking and he doesn’t like to get
drunk before an important submission. Consumers
might not like credit card offers because they want to
stay out of debt
Value-Expressive Function
Cognition
High involvement hierarchy
Cognition Affect Behaviour
(Think) (Feel) (Do)
Features:
• High price
• Differentiation is must
• Brand recall and valuation
• Customer perceived risk
• Information/Company
communication
• After sale services
Experiential hierarchy
Cognition
Affect Behaviour
(May/May
(Feel) (Do)
not think)
Features::
• Mostly impulse
shopping/buying
• Little concern for
consequences
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Low involvement hierarchy
Cognition Behaviour Affect
(think) (Do) (feel)
Features:
• Purchase problems are not
very risky
• Basic beliefs but not strong
feelings
Behavioural influence hierarchy
Behaviour Cognition Affect
(Do) (Think) (feel)
• No beforehand
beliefs or affects.
• Strong
environmental
pressure
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Consumer Attitude Models
Attitude Towards Object Model
• Predict Attitude of
Consumer
• Salient belief
• Strength of belief
• Evaluation of attribute
Using ATO
I need to Decide attitude of flyers for different Airlines
Peripheral Route
• Peripheral cues – not engaging
• Temporary
Balance Theory
• Aka Consistency theory
• Fritz Heider
• Consumers are motivated to
maintain perceived
consistency in the relations
found in mental systems
• Observer, Person , Object
(Product)
Social Judgement Theory
• Consumers compare incoming
information to existing attitudes
about a particular object
Message
Message Appeal Source effects
construction
• Sex appeal • Conclusion? • Credibility
• Humour appeal • Information • Attractiveness
• Fear appeal placement • Likeability
• Violence appeal • Meaningfulness
Message Appeal
Sex Appeal
• Offensive or persuasive?
• Gender role
• Type of product
Humour Appeal
• Attract attention, create positive mood,
cognition is low
• High levels can cause distraction
• Mentos
Message Appeal
Fear appeals
• Product - promoted as a solution to remove a threat
• Paradox – overly high fear may make consumers lose focus, whereas if
not strong enough consumers may discount the message
Violence appeals
• Variety of behaviour
• Women – less receptive
• Younger consumers – more receptive
Message Construction