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REVIEW QUESTIONS 1.                   Define hedonic consumption and provide an example. The Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation was the first company to trademark a color when it used bright pink for its insulation material and adopted the Pink Panther cartoon character as its spokes character. Harley-Davidson actually tried to trademark the distinctive sound made by a “hog” revving up. These responses are an important part of hedonic consumption , the multisensory, fantasy, and emotional aspects of consumers’ interactions with products. 2.                   Does the size of a package influence how much of the contents we eat? When pouring or eating foods from larger boxes, these boxes suggest it is appropriate or “acceptable” to eat more than smaller ones—and we do! 3.      ...

CHAPTER OUTLINE 1. Introduction    a. We live in a world overflowing with sensations.      1) Marketers contribute to the overflow by supplying advertisements, product        packages, radio and television commercials, and billboards.      2) Each consumer copes with the bombardment of sensations by paying        attention to some stimuli and tuning out others.    b. Sensation refers to the immediate response of our sensory receptors (eyes, ears,      nose, mouth, fingers) to such basic stimuli as light, color, sound, odors, and      textures.    c. Perception is the process by which these sensations are selected, organized, and      interpreted. The study of perception, then, focuses on what we add to or take away from these raw sensations to give them meaning.  ...