Question: Consumer Behavior - Motivation and Values
1. "College students' concerns about the environment and vegetarianism are just a passing fad: a way to look ‘cool.' " Do you agree?
2. Core values evolve over time. What do you think are the three to five core values that best describe Americans now?
3. Devise separate promotional strategies for an article of clothing, each of which stresses one of the levels of Maslow's hierarchy of needs.
4. Describe how a man's level of involvement with his car would affect how he is influenced by different marketing stimuli. How might you design a strategy for a line of car batteries for a segment of low-involvement consumers, and how would this strategy differ from your attempts to reach a segment of men who are very involved in working on their cars?