Conceptual consumption

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue , 2009, Pages 475-499

  Ariely, Dan ^a   Norton, Michael I ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Expectancies; Fluency; Goals; Regulatory fit

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; GOALS; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 60549092315     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.psych.60.110707.163536     Document Type: Review

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