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Consumer Behaviour and Psychology

Learn about the origins of consumer psychology and examine how consumer behaviour can be influenced by a range of factors.

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  • Duration

    2 weeks

  • Weekly study

    3 hours
Overview
Requirements
Educators

Understand how consumer psychology affects the lives of customers and companies

Have you ever wondered why you buy one brand of cereal over another? Or why you might react to different types of advertising? Your decisions are motivated by a number of factors. The study of these factors is called consumer psychology.

On this course you will explore what consumer psychology means and how it’s related to the rise of a consumer society. You will be introduced to basic marketing concepts and you will understand how these concepts affect the relationship between customers and the companies. And you will reflect on how consumer psychology impacts the decisions you make everyday.

What topics will you cover?

  • What is consumer psychology?
  • Consumer psychology and the consumer society
  • Consumer-oriented marketing
  • Consumer choice and decision making

Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Describe consumer psychology
  • Assess the importance of consumer psychology
  • Explain how consumer psychology grew in parallel with the consumer society
  • Distinguish between consumer psychology, consumer behaviour and marketing
  • Describe consumer-oriented marketing
  • Apply the concepts of market segmentation and product positioning
  • Describe the process of consumer decision making
  • Explain the product lifecycle

Who is the course for?

This course is for people seeking a better understanding of the relationship between consumer psychology, consumer behaviour and marketing.

Please note that the staff described in the ‘Who will you learn with?’ section below may be subject to change.

Who will you learn with?

Dr Anne Turner

Assistant Professor in Business and Organisational Psychology at Coventry University,
Dr Anne Turner - PhD, FHEA, CPsychol, BSc (Hons)
Research Interests Inc: Enclothed Cognition, remote e-workers

Who developed the course?

Coventry University

Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.

  • Established

    1992

  • Location

    Coventry

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