What are the primary social influences on how you make your consumer decisions? Are they different from you?
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i buy what i need usualy.
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If you mean social influences affecting the perpetuation of the traditional nuclear family, then there would be negative effects.  Media representations of families support non-traditional family settings and rely on extended families and friendship kinships more often that a traditional family scape like those of the 50s and 60s.  We see more Will and Grace and Friends than Cosby and Family Ties.  I don't know if that is a reflection of society or if society is a reflection of the media's embrace of such situations.  At any rate, its up to the individual to decide whether or not that is a positive move.\n\nIn case you meant social learning in terms of child development and the conflicts which a young person may encounter concerning parental guidance and peer influence.  I've witnessed that be both positive and negative at work in my classroom.  I have seen kids that grew up on the street meet and learn things that will help them be more easily accepted into the world of middle class norms, and sadly I have seen those with everything in the world before them throw it all away by hooking up with drugs and alcohol, etc.\n\nIn short, social learning is important.  So is good decision making and that is what we should encourage, by consistently implementing consequences, both positive and negative.
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Of course it's true.  Sometimes we as consumers are influenced to "want" things we didnt realize we wanted.  But yeah people only sell what they think people will buy
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people respond differently to food there not for me but maybe for you
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You are probably rihgt but I think it the behaviour varies from amongst individuals. I think the best approach is to try to understand the persons background in terms of their socialisation. You may want to look at the individuals family, age, race , schools they attendend and their perception of what the job entails.
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There are many factors that can influence business, some factors are:\nWar\nNew controlling party\nThe rapid use of fossil fuels\nNew sources of energy\nProducts that make other products obsolete\nThe value of a dollar (or any countries currency)\nThe interest rate\n\nThere are many more...
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When people choose this. As soon as society truly, fully CHOOSES this. This change needs to start (and has started) in the home, with the individual, with every action that places emphasis on equality of individuals above social, political, or financial stature.\n\nThis is a slow process; working with it, encouraging it, and re-supporting it with every decision will eventually manifest that reality. Patience is key here.
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Some consumers are affected by light and smell. It was in a video I watched in my class last week. Also music affect sonsumers since a fast-pace music like Hollister in the mall gets people in and out while spending lots of money while in the dark environment so they can't see the actual quality of the good being sold. But in a supermarket the music is slow and keeps you there longer and the most popular items are placed in the middle of the aisle because that's where consumers tend to slow down and actually look for what they're looking for. But how they get these results is probably from anonymous research or feedback about the stores' setting and environment. Or the people can willingly take part in surveys and get paid to do it like some people are today.
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You are kind of right. Our beliefs and personality are determined in where are we raised, what kind of parents we have, the political climate of our region. The culture and religion has shape the way we feel and think about social issues. This leads to action which therefore determines how our life will be like. I was raised in a pretty nothern blue state. My parens are Democrats and I grew up in a hispanic neighborhood so there was a lot of Democratic support. I also think that being Hispanic and Catholic has shaped the way I look at life which may determined how I act. So in an indirect way, our family and region determines our actions which will lead to how we control our lives.
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A very 'judgemental' question ... do you actually know many or are you just jumping to the conclusion you are saying they jump to?\n\nRight or wrong people mix in their own social classes due to proximity of the areas they live in, business connections and attending the same events.  While there will be many who will actively avoid "people of less affluence" I think that to generalise on the basis of a perceived attribute (i.e. lack of trust) is wrong.\n\nPeace out
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Do you mean examples of how consumer buying choices affect public health?  If so:\n\nAlcohol:  Buying and consuming alcohol doesn't always just affect the consumer.  It can affect others if the someone drinks, gets angry, takes it out on his or her family.  Or drives a car after drinking and hits somebody.  Alcohol can even cause people to do things they wouldn't normally do, like have unsafe sex and spread a disease.\n\nCondoms:  Purchasing and using condoms protect against the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, which greatly affect public health.\n\nCigarettes:  Those who smoke end up not only affecting themselves, but also others around them.  There are people who are allergic to secondhand smoke.  It can also affect the unborn in terms of low birth weights and premature birth.\n\nFast food:  I like McDonald's fries from time to time as much as the next person.  But there has been enough research done to show that fast food simply isn't good for our hearts, for healthy cell development, or for our waistlines.  \n\nCars:  The gasoline-powered automobile is wonderful for getting us to where we need to go, and connecting us more to each other.  But use of the automobile has also caused global warming which affects our longterm survival, and creates smog  which affects our lungs and breathing capability.  \n\nIf this was what you were looking for, I hope it helps!
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The type of popularity highlighted in The Breakfast Club and Mean Girls, is actually a relatively new phenomenon in our culture. In a nutshell, it can be seen as the consequence of teenagers living in a consumer society, a society whose economic existence depends on people constantly having a desire to consume.  Marketers, in various ways, create artificial premium importance on many goods by convincing teenagers that -- by consuming them -- they will gain social acceptance.  This drive to be accepted, though natural for social creatures like humans, is compounded by the fact that objects and group affiliation now offer a tangible way of 'declaring' just how accepted someone is.  For example, the 'preps' who wear Abercrombie and are always seen at the shopping galleria can declare their popularity by buying a certain brand of clothing, which marketers have manipulated their peers into thinking makes them more popular than someone who wears Brand X.  Further,  teenagers in a consumer society have far more free time and disposable income than did teenagers just a century ago.  Time that would have been spent doing chores or working in the field, is today used by teenagers to contemplate their popularity and to work on improving it.
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Demographics categorize consumers according to similarities in activities, interests, and opinions
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Ads affect my purchases rarely, but at least they promote wide spread name recognition for various products.  I like the continuing story lines, like for Sonic, and of course the gekco.  Remember the "Where's the BEEF" lady? \n\nIn my case, I have looked for and bought the occasional grocery product I've seen and heard about on television.  Coupons from newspapers and flyers were helpful while our family was growing up and I was trying to save money, but eventually I realized that I almost always only used coupons on products we already used and liked.\n\nCome to think of it, it was an ad on Yahoo! while I was looking for one of my groups that tipped me off about Yahoo! Answers.  So that kind of internet advertising works.
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When I was younger no i didn't. now that i am older i realize that it does matter. We enfluence people without even knowing it and sometimes what people think determines if we get that job we want or that loan we need or get the friends we want to have. So yes it is important to care about what people think.
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Does it really matter to you what those poeple think?
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credit cards are a good one, maybe things like Mcdonalds....something that has had great influence on our culture, eating habits and our interactions with the environement ( fast food contributed to no longer needing to cultivate the land, as well has having women stay at home to cook/grow crops etc) \n\na sociofact is a term used to describe how cultural traits take on a life of their own, spanning over generations. it is something that can help establish a social order as such.