Exam 7: Consumer Learning

Reinforcement performed before the desired consumer behavior actually takes place is called ________.

Define and give one example of each of the following: a. product line extension b. product form extension c. product category extension

Learning acquired by accident or without much effort is known as ________ learning.

When consumers are presented with information overload,they may encounter difficulty in encoding and storing it all.

FAST FOOD MINI CASE: Speedy Taco is a tex-mex fast food chain that keeps costs down by only serving its food through drive-through windows.In response to increasing concern about obesity in America, Speedy Taco introduced the Speedy Chicken, a grilled chicken taco, as a healthy alternative to its tasty all-beef Speedy Taco.In addition to chicken and beef tacos, Speedy's menu also includes Speedy Burritos and Speedy Mexican Pizzas.Hoping to capitalize on the popularity of the Speedy brand, Continental Foods pays a fee to Speedy Taco in return for the ability to put the Speedy name on its line of salsa and tortilla chips sold to consumers through grocery stores.To entice consumers to try its salsa and chips, Continental Foods set up sampling booths at the front of the chip-and-dip aisles at grocery stores nationwide.Consumers that sampled the chips and salsa were given coupons toward the purchase of Continental Foods' Speedy Salsa and Speedy Tortilla Chips. Continental also printed a discount coupon for salsa on the back of every bag of tortilla chips. -In the FAST FOOD MINI CASE,Continental Foods' launch strategy for its new salsa and tortilla chip lines is an example of ________.

OIL CHANGE MINI CASE: Mr.Greasy is a national car care chain that specializes in providing routine services like oil changes and safety inspections.It advertises nationally, particularly around Memorial Day, Independence Day, and Labor Day, when it runs an advertising blitz to encourage drivers to bring their cars in for a check up before holiday road trips. Mr.Greasy's advertisements emphasize the importance of changing a car's oil regularly in order to prevent costly engine failure.Its stores are recognizable from the road by their gray and yellow color schemes.To encourage brand loyalty, Mr.Greasy offers customers reward cards that customers get stamped every time they get an oil change, and can receive the sixth oil change free after the purchase of the first five.Fast Oil, a North Carolina chain that offers the same kind of services, paints its stores black and yellow in an effort to appear like Mr.Greasy stores and benefit from Mr.Greasy's extensive advertising.Thus many customers have developed positive perceptions of Mr.Greasy, note Fast Oil's store color, and mistake Fast Oil stores for Mr.Greasy stores. -In the OIL CHANGE MINI CASE,Fast Oil is relying on ________ to draw consumers to its stores based on its color scheme.

Knowledge ________ involves relating new data to old data to make the material more meaningful.

Differentiate between behavioral and attitudinal brand loyalty.What are the implications of each for a marketer?