Attitude, nature of attitude, factors of attitude, consumer attitude, components of attitude, structural models of attitude, issues in formation of attitude, conclusion

1. CONSUMER
ATTITUDES
TOWARDS
CONSUMER
BEHAVIOUR

2. CONTENTS
1. ATTITUDE
2. NATURE OF ATTITUDE
3. FACTORS OF ATTITUDE
4. CONSUMER ATTITUDE
5. COMPONENTS
6. STRUCTURAL MODELS
7. ISSUES IN FORMATION OF ATTITUDES
8. CONCLUSION

3. ATTITUDE
 An Attitude is a psychological construct, it is a mental
and emotional entity that inheres in, or characterized a
person.
 Attitude is a settled way of thinking or feeling about
something.
 An attitude is an evaluation of an attitude object,
ranging from extremely negative to extremely positive.
 An attitude can be as a positive or negative evaluation
of people, objects, events, activities, and ideas.

4. NATURE OF ATTITUDE
 Attitude are a complex combination of things we tend
to call personality, beliefs, values, behaviors, and
motivations.
 An attitude exists in every person’s mind
Attitude very in there strength
 Attitude provides us with internal cognitions or beliefs
and thoughts about people and objects.
Attitude reflects a consumer’s value
 Attitudes are learned
 Different situations influence attitudes

5. FACTORS OF ATTITUDE
Psychological
Family
Society
Political
Economic

6. CONSUMER ATTITUDE
Consumer Attitude are a composite of a consumer’s
 Beliefs
 Feelings
 Behavioural Intentions
These components are viewed together since they are
highly interdependent and together represents forces that
influence how the consumer will react to the object.

7. BELIEFS
The first component is beliefs. A consumer may hold
both positive beliefs towards an object as well as
negative beliefs. In addition, some beliefs may be neutral
and some may be differ in valance depending on the
person or the situation. Note also that the beliefs that
consumers hold need not be accurate and some beliefs
may, upon closer examination, be contradictory.

8. FEELINGS
Consumer also hold certain feelings towards brands or
other objects, but there may also be feelings which are
relatively independent of beliefs.

9. BEHAVIOURAL INTENTION
The behavioural intension is what the consumer plans to
do with respect to the object. As with affect, this is
sometimes a logical consequence of beliefs (or affect),
but may sometimes reflect other circumstances.

10. STRUCTURAL MODELS OF
ATTITUDE
Tricomponent Attitude Model
Multiattribute Attitude Model
The Trying- to- Consume Model
Attitude- Toward- the- Ad Model

11. THE TRICOMPONENT MODEL
COGNITIVE AFFECTIVE CONATIVE

12. THE TRICOMPONENT MODEL
COGNITIVE
The knowledge and perception that are acquired by a
combination of direct experience with the attitude
object and related information from various sources,
Example- LCD & LED
It is important from viewpoint of developing brand and
new product are launched.

13. THE TRICOMPONENT MODEL
AFFECTIVE
A consumer’s emotions or feelings about a particular
product or brand
This emotions are treated by consumer researchers as
primarily evaluation in nature

14. THE TRICOMPONENT MODEL
CONATIVE
The tendency that an individual will undertake a
specific action or behave in a particular way with regard
to the attitude object.
It is frequently treated as an expression of consumer’s
intention to buy

15. MULTIATTRIBTE ATTITUDE
MODELS
Attitude models that examine the work of consumer
attitudes in terms of selected products attributes or
beliefs.
This model breaks down the consumer’s overall attitude
(that is, view of each brand) into smaller components.
These components are the individual product features,
functions and perceived benefits – which are collectively
known as product attributes.

16. MULTIATTRIBUTE ATTITUDE
MODELS
The attitude-towards-object model
Attitude is function of evaluation of product- specific
beliefs and evaluation
Useful to measure attitudes towards brands or
products
What customer feel are important feature
For example – LCD vs. LED

17. MULTIATTRIBUTE ATTITUDE
MODELS
The attitude-towards-behaviour model
Is the attitude toward behaving or acting with respect
to an object, rather than the attitude toward the object
itself
Corresponds closely to actual behaviour
For example- BMW

18. MULTIATTRIBUTE ATTITUDE
MODELS
Theory-of-reasoned-action model ( TRA)
Includes cognitive, affective, and cognitive component
Includes subjective norms in addition to attitude
Arrange in the different pattern than tri component
model

19. THE TRYING-TO-CONSUME
MODEL
o An attitude theory designed to account for the many
cases where the action or outcome is not certain but
instead reflects the consumer’s attempt to consume ( or
purchase)
o As per this theory, the action or act of behavior is
directed towards a goal.
o The theory of trying to consume replaces behavior (as
proposed by Fishbein in the theory of reasoned action
model) by trying to behave.

20. THE TRYING-TO-CONSUME
MODEL
For example, taking Arjun’s example forward:
1. Act of trying: Arjun is trying hard to get a good GMAT
score.
- Trying is impacted by:
a) Intention to try: Arjun has a positive intention towards
trying for the GMAT exam
b) Frequency of past trying: He has already been able to
clear competitive exams in the past.
c) Recency of past trying: Arjun appeared for a
competitive exam one year ago.

21. THE TRYING-TO-CONSUME
MODEL
2. Intention to try is impacted by:
a) Attitude towards trying: Arjun says that he will apply
for the GMAT
b) Frequency of past trying: He has already been able to
clear competitive exams in the past.
c) Social norm towards trying: Arjun’s parents encourage
him to write the GMAT.

22. THE TRYING-TO-CONSUME
MODEL
3. Attitude towards trying is impacted by:
a) Attitude towards success: Arjun wants to get a good
GMAT score so that he can get into a good business
school.
b) Expectation towards success: Arjun believes that he
would be able to get a good GMAT score.
c) Attitude towards failure: Arjun does not want to fail
the GMAT exam.
d) Expectation towards failure: Arjun believes that he
would not fail the GMAT exam.
e) Attitude towards process: Arjun is ready to study hard
for the GMAT.

23. ATTITUDE-TOWARDS-THE-AD
MODEL
o A model that proposes that a consumer forms various
feelings ( affects ) and judgements (cognitions) as the
result of exposure to an advertisement, which, in turn,
affect the consumer’s attitude toward the ad and attitude
toward the brand.
o The theory behind the model states that consumers
form judgments and feelings as a result of exposure to
an advertisement.

25. FUNCTIONS OF ATTITUDE
1. Adjustment function
- Attitude helps consumers adjust to situation.
2. Ego defensive function
- Attitudes are formed to protect the ‘ego’
3. Value expressive function
- A consumer’s attitudes are often a reflection of their
values.
4. Knowledge function
- Attitudes help consumers make decisions and
process and filter information.

26. ISSUES IN ATTITUDE
FORMATION
How attitudes are learned
Conditioning and experience
Knowledge and beliefs
Sources of influence on attitude formation
Personal experience
Influence of family, friend, direct marketing & mass
media
Personality factors
Celebrity personality

27. CONCLUSION
It is important to
understand what
consumers like and dislike.
Attitudes, representing
these likes and dislikes,
strongly influence
intensions. These attitudes
are formed from one’s
beliefs and feelings about
the attitude object.

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