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Behavioural psychology, marketing and consumer behaviour. List of books and articles about consumer psychology. According to consumer behavior study, the factors that affect decisions for purchase, usage and disposal of goods and services can be classified into four main groups. Consumer behavior, or how people buy and use goods and services, is a hotbed of psychological research, particularly for companies trying to sell their products to as many consumers as possible. It studies characteristics of individual consumers such as demographics and behavioral variables in an attempt to. The journal of consumer psychology publishes articles that contribute both theoretically and empirically to an understanding of consumer judgment and behavior and the processes that underlie them. It pays special attention to drives such as hunger, thirst, cold, sexual excitation, fatigue and exhilaration. In addition, he has taught in mba programmes in the united states, hong kong, singapore and taiwan.
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