9) Consumers’ characteristics can be classed as either behavioral or cognitive. In this context, cognitive factors are abstract, can be determined only through more complex psychological and attitudinal questioning, and generally have no single, universal definitions. Examples of cognitive factors include ________.
A) demographics, gender, and benefits wanted
B) usage rate, level of involvement, and education
C) personality traits, lifestyles, and gender
D) education, usage situation, and social class
E) cultural values, personality traits, and benefits sought
10) Consumers’ characteristics can be classed as either consumer-intrinsic or consumption-specific. In this context, consumer-intrinsic features stem from the consumer’s physical, social, and psychological characteristics. Examples of consumer-intrinsic features include ________.
A) demographics, gender, and benefits sought
B) usage rate, level of involvement, and psychographics
C) personality traits, cultural values, and income
D) education, consumption-specific attitudes, and social class
E) attitudes regarding shopping, awareness of product alternatives, and benefits wanted
11) Consumers’ characteristics can be classed as either consumer-intrinsic or consumption-specific. In this context, consumption-specific features are attitudes and preferences toward specific products or buying situations. Examples of consumption-specific features include ________.
A) demographics, gender, and benefits sought
B) attitudes toward shopping, benefits sought in products, and frequency of leisure activities
C) personality traits, lifestyles, and income
D) education, usage situation, and gender
E) personality traits, awareness of product alternatives, and attitudes toward political issues
12) In reference to consumer characteristics, ________ can be determined from direct questioning or observation and categorized by a simple objective measure, whereas ________ are abstract and can be determined only through more complex psychological and attitudinal questioning.
A) consumption-based features; consumer-intrinsic features
B) behavioral data; cognitive data
C) product-specific features; consumption-based features
D) cognitive data; behavioral data
E) consumer-intrinsic features; consumption-based features
13) Another term for psychographic characteristics is ________.
A) age
B) lifestyles
C) benefits sought
D) use-situation factors
E) use-related factors
14) Age, gender, and income are bases of which of the following types of segmentation?
A) geographic segmentation
B) sociocultural segmentation
C) benefit segmentation
D) demographic segmentation
E) psychological segmentation
15) ________ is/are defined by computing an index based on three quantifiable variables: income, education and occupation.
A) Demographics
B) Social class
C) Psychographics
D) Personality traits
E) Sociocultural values
16) When Colgate divides the pre-teens toothpaste group into four segments and offers each one its own toothpaste, they are using ________ segmentation.
A) demographic
B) sociocultural
C) psychological
D) physiological
E) use-related