Internal Influences And Today's Consumers

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Abstract Of all the things that go into the consumption process, what things are direct results of internal influences? What things go on in a consumer’s head to allow for his purchase to take place? From the chapter, I learned that there are so many different elements to understanding the behavior. In this paper it is my intention to discuss what goes on in the consumer’s head and allows him to make his decision. Before eight weeks of instruction in Consumer Behavior, I could go to the supermarket, pick up a few items and never think twice about why I did it and what mental process I went through to get it. Now, I understand that there were critical sets that took place in order for me to buy those things which are all a direct result of Consumer Behavior. It is defined as “a set of value-setting activities that take place as people go about addressing realized needs” (Babin & Harris, 2011). One of the activities in the consumption process involves internal influences. This is, for the most part, what motivates a person to purchase products or services. Through the discussion of these components, I will exemplify how now my personal consumer behavior has changed. Internal Influences are “the things that go on inside of the mind and heart of the consumer” (Babin & Harris, 2011). These influences occur every time a consumer thinks about fulfilling a need. It considers what factors are involved with the need, how they will feel about the need, and what value will be given once it is acquired. All the things going on in the mind of the consumer are either due to the psychology or the personality. They have characteristics that further explain the reasoning in the decision making process. With the psychology of the consumer, two factors that play a significant role in the process are cognition and affect. Cognition “refers to the

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