Explaining consumer choice: Coming to terms with intentionality

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 75, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 129-145

  Foxall, Gordon R ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral Perspective Model; Consumer choice; Humans; Intentional explanation; Picoeconomics; Radical behaviorism; Teleological behaviorism

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; THEORY;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BEHAVIORISM; CONSUMER ADVOCACY; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 34247150566     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.02.015     Document Type: Article

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