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Social Psychology: The Psychological Explanations of Social Phenomena

The various aspects of social psychology taking and curiosity, purchasing
could be examined within the wide behaviour and purchasing frequency and
concepts of intelligence, gender, demographic variables such as age and
advertising, consumer culture, stress and gender. Contemporary consumer culture
psychological issues that define society. could be studied in relation to an
Considering consumer behaviour, social excessive emphasis on beauty and
psychology uses convincing theories to appearance and an obsession with youth, a
explain addictive consumption, the phenomenon that has seen an increased
influence of advertising and the dependence on cosmetic surgery. The
phenomenon of purchasing. Advertising is increased importance of the body in the
seen as a subtle psychological consumer culture could be studied along
manipulation as it creates desires and with the significance of appearance in
anxiety in the potential consumers modern society, the role of marketing and
(Papers4you.com, 2006).Advertising can advertising images, and the psychological
have both psychological and commercial need for self-expression (Papers4you.com,
aspects including misattribution, bias, 2006).Social psychology is however
suggestibility, and could be studied from focused not just on consumption and
global or local perspectives. public attitudes on advertising, but also
Organisational consumption is seen as on group behaviour, general individual
different from individual consumption and collective attitudes towards various
although generic psychological theories social issues including war, work,
of human motivation such as that of violence and quality of life. This would
Maslow and Freud can explain consumer in turn explain how individuals deal with
behaviour. However consumer behaviour can stress, and focus on the psychological
also be studied in terms of the notion of consequences of stress. Although
quality and its relation to customer psychological disorders may in some cases
satisfaction (Silva et al, 2005).The be a direct result of social stress,
objective measures of customer needs, deviant behaviour in society could be
pricing and expectations of the customers explained with the help of several
may have to be analysed within Service theories such as the theory of
Quality or Expectations models. Hogg and subcultures by Parker, the structural
Garrow (2003) highlighted on the strain theory by Merton, or the theory of
psychological aspects of gender and the conformity. Social psychology is thus
influence on consumption of advertising. focused on explaining a wide range of
Advertising has been found to be issues from advertising and consumer
processed and interpreted differently behavior to public attitudes on social
according to gender schemas and issues and antisocial
perceptions. This would in turn relate to behaviour.BibliographyHogg M.K.; Garrow
psychological theories of gender such as J. (2003) Gender, identity and the
the theory of biological determinism, consumption of advertising Qualitative
Freudian theory of personality Market Research: An International
development, cognitive-developmental Journal, Volume 6, Number 3, June, pp.
theory, and feminist theories.Bridging 160-174(15)Orth, Ulrich R.(2005) Consumer
the gap between gender studies and gender personality and other factors in
differences in consumption could provide situational brand choice variation The
us with new insights on social and Journal of Brand Management, Volume 13,
psychological aspects of consumer Number 2, November, pp. 115-133(19)Papers
behavior. Orth (2005) indicated that For You (2006) "P/M/510. Advertising:
consumer behaviour largely depends on means of psychological manipulation",
consumer personality and susceptibility Available from [22/06/2006]Papers For
to interpersonal influence, consumer You (2006) "P/M/646.
situational disposition such as risk




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