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OBJECTIVES
WHAT IS PERSONALITY?
NATURE
Reflects individual
differences
Consistent and enduring
Can change
THEORIES OF PERSONALITY
1. Freudian theory
Unconscious needs or drives are at the heart
of human motivation
Three interacting systems
CAD
Compliant Personality
One who desires to be loved, wanted, and
appreciated by others.
Aggressive Personality
One
who moves against others (e.g.,
competes with others, desires to excel and
win admiration).
Detached Personality
One who moves away from others (e.g., who
desires independence, self-sufficiency, and
freedom from obligations).
Visualizers Vs Verbalizers
4. Trait theory
Consumer Innovativeness
Consumer Materialism
The extent to which a person is considered
materialistic (the degree of consumers
attachment to worldly possessions)
Possessions seen as for ones identity
Materialistic People
Value acquiring and showing-off possessions
Are particularly self-centered and selfish
Seek lifestyles full of possessions
Have many possessions that do not lead to
greater happiness
Consumer Ethnocentrism
The consumers likelihood to accept or reject the
foreign products
Ethnocentric consumers feel it is wrong to
purchase foreign-made products
They can be targeted by stressing nationalistic
themes
2.
3.
Brand Personality
DIFFERENT SELF-IMAGES
Actual SelfImage
Ideal Self-Image
Ideal Social
Self-Image
Social Self-Image
Expected
Self-Image
PERCEIVED
SELF IMAGE
PECEIVED
BRAND
IMAGE
COMPARISON
PREFFERED
BRANDS
UNACCEPTA
BLE BRANDS
Psychographic Segmentation
Segmenting consumers on the basis of their
activities, interests and opinions
Psychographic-demographic profiles
Geodemographic segmentation
Life Styles and Marketing Strategy