Consumer Psychology - A Life Span Developmental Approach

Consumer Psychology - A Life Span Developmental Approach

von: Brian M. Young

Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

ISBN: 9783319909110

Sprache: Englisch

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Consumer Psychology - A Life Span Developmental Approach



  Preface 6  
  Contents 9  
  1 Definitions and Visions of Consumption 11  
     Definition of Consumption 11  
     A Vision of Consumption 14  
     The Cycle of Consumption 16  
        Instigation 17  
        Preparation 18  
        Consummation 20  
        Exploration 22  
     Ownership and Possession: Routines and Renewal 24  
        Brand Loyalty Revisited 26  
        Dissolution 27  
        Toward a Theory of Recycling 29  
     Summary so Far 33  
     References 37  
  2 Concepts and Themes 41  
     Epistemological ‘Creep’ 41  
     Describing Change 43  
        Émile Durkheim and Sacred/Profane 43  
        Claude Lévi-Strauss and Raw/Cooked 44  
        Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis 44  
        Some Psychology Now… 45  
     Conceptual Toolbox 47  
        Concepts and Natural Categories 49  
        Images of Childhood 54  
     References 62  
  3 How Consumers’ Minds Work: An Introduction to the Basics 65  
     Contexts, Environments and Ecology 65  
        Scripts 67  
        Motivation 69  
        Perception 71  
        Memory 74  
        Attention 76  
        From Colour to Metaphor 77  
        Synaesthetic Description 80  
        Metaphor 81  
     References 85  
  4 How We Process Information: A Look at Embodied Cognition and Priming 87  
     Embodied Cognition 87  
        The Evidence for Embodied Cognition 89  
        The Theories 94  
        Metaphors of the Mind 94  
        Borghi’s (2017) Review 95  
     An Introduction to Priming 96  
        Perceiving Without Awareness 97  
        The Evidence for Priming 100  
        Brand Priming 103  
        What Would a Theory of Brand Priming Look Like? 110  
     References 116  
  5 One Mind or Two? An Introduction to Dual Process Theories 123  
     Dual Process Theories 123  
        The Hierarchy of Effects 123  
        Elaboration Likelihood 127  
        Thinking, Fast and Slow 128  
        Evolutionary Origins of Two Systems 129  
        Implicit and Explicit Memory 133  
        Total Involvement 135  
        Mindfulness 138  
        Back to Consumer Psychology 141  
           Attention Followed by Awareness 143  
           Being in the Present 144  
           The Role of External Events 144  
           Cultivation and Character Development 144  
           Ethical-Mindedness 144  
     References 148  
  6 Development Through the Lifespan: Is It a Viable Approach? 151  
     Development Through the Lifespan 151  
        What’s the Lifespan Like? 152  
        Life Course Theory 156  
        Generation Theory 157  
        Boomers 157  
        Generation X 159  
        Millennials 159  
        Postscript 160  
     References 163  
  7 Erikson’s Stages of Life: Can We Bridge the Gap? 166  
     Erikson’s Stages of Life 166  
        Basic Trust Versus Mistrust 166  
        Autonomy Versus Shame and Doubt 168  
        Initiative Versus Guilt 169  
        Industry Versus Inferiority 170  
        Identity Versus Role Confusion 171  
        Intimacy Versus Isolation 174  
        Generativity Versus Self-Absorption and Stagnation 175  
        Ego Integrity Versus Despair 177  
        Consumption in Stages 6 Through 8 179  
        Having a Child 183  
        Bridging the Gap 185  
        Time Orientation 186  
        Stuff Happens 193  
        Midlife Crisis 193  
        Quarter Life Crisis 194  
        Divorce 195  
        Job Related Crises 196  
     References 203  
  8 Childhood and Younger Children: The Gaze from Developmental Psychology 207  
     Younger Children 207  
        Predispositions from the Past 208  
        Doing Experiments with Babies 208  
        Social Animals 211  
        Learning and Changing in the Womb 213  
        Infancy 216  
        The Object Concept: How Does This Relate to Children’s Understanding of Brands? 221  
        The Preschool Child 223  
        That’s Mine! Can Preschoolers Understand Ownership? 224  
        Number and Piaget’s Ideas About Conservation 227  
        Children’s Understanding of Other People 229  
     References 234  
  9 The Older Child: Becoming a Serious Consumer 237  
     Older Children 237  
        Consumer Socialisation 238  
        Financial Socialisation 240  
        Money, Money, Money… 241  
        Children and Brands 243  
        Executive Functioning 244  
        Children’s Understanding of Advertising 248  
        Advertising, Marketing and Promotion 248  
        The Literature on Advertising to Children 251  
        The Locus of Meaning 257  
        Digital Media 260  
        Children in the Ecology of Advertising 263  
     References 269  
  10 Children, Ownership and Possessions: The Origins 275  
     Ownership and Possession: The Origins 275  
        Cultural Capital and a French Intellectual 276  
        Children, Ownership and Possession 278  
        Gift Giving 281  
        Back to Ownership 290  
        Transitional Objects 291  
        Young Children 293  
        Older Children 295  
        Adolescence 298  
        Self and Identity in Adolescence 299  
        Summary 302  
     References 306  
  11 Ownership and Possessions: The Adult Perspective and into the Future 311  
     Ownership—The Adult Perspective 311  
        Dematerialisation 314  
        Re-embodiment 320  
        Distributed Memory 321  
        The Social Internet 321  
        Ownership and Growing Older 325  
     References 329  
  12 And Now the End Is Near… 333  
     And Now the End Is Near… 333  
        Terror Management Theory 334  
        A Quick Primer on Materialism 336  
        More on Terror Management 338  
        …and a Funeral 339  
     References 345  
  Index 348  

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