Overview

Motigraphics is the natural complement to demographics and psychographics - the completion of a triad. For consumers, because motives are the most important dimension of human behavior, motives lead directly to decisions, and decisions lead directly to purchasing behavior. Demographics and psychographics tell us the what, when, where, and how of consumer behavior; but motigraphics tells us why consumers do what they do. Dr. Maddock maintains that academic psychology has failed to provide a formal approach to motivation; thus, marketers have never been able to get a firm grasp on why consumers prefer what they do, why they cancel and don't renew, and what factors enter into their decision making at the point of sale. With Motigraphics we can now measure and compute motives, and the strength of motivation allows us to determine how much equity a brand Motigraphics allows us to describe customer loyalty in terms of a quantitative motivational profile and scale. Not only does Dr. Maddock show how to measure motives, he also helps us assess the amount of emotion involved in a product or service. Since most consumer decisions are based on emotion, not reason, the importance of Dr. Maddock's book for psychologists, marketers, and advertising and sales professionals is self-evident and inestimable.

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Author:   Richard C. Maddock
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.708kg
ISBN:  

9781567202847

ISBN 10:   1567202845
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   30 January 2000
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Methods and Methodologies Subliminal Cues Motives, Emotions, and Marketing: The Silent Side of Human Behavior A Eulogy for Professional Psychology Subliminal Cues The Right and Left Side of the Brain Consumer Resistance Absurdities Paradigms and Personalizations Human Motivation The Structure of Human Motivation The Orientation Motives The Survival Motives The Adaptation Motive The Expectation/Resolution Motive The Play Motive and Laughter The Silent Side Methodology and Measurement of Motives and Desires The Basic Building Blocks of Human Behavior Interviewing on the Right Side of the Brain Motigraphics Applications to Advertising and Marketing Specialized Applications A Blueprint for Human Motivation Appendix Motivation is the Missing Link Index

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RICHARD C. MADDOCK is a clinical and marketing psychologist, as well as an adjunct professor at Arkansas State University. He is founder of Motigraphics Research. Dr. Maddock is author of numerous articles in the professional and academic journals of his field and the coauthor of two previous Quorum books, Marketing to the Mind: Right Brain Strategies for Advertising and Marketing, (1996, with Richard L. Fulton) and Motivation, Emotions, and Leadership: The Silent Side of Management (1998, with Richard L. Fulton).

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