The impact of the interaction of utilitarian and informational reinforcement and behaviour setting scope on consumer response

Yani-De-Soriano, Marie Mirella ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1169-5923, Foxall, Gordon Robert ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3572-6456 and Newman, Andrew J. 2013. The impact of the interaction of utilitarian and informational reinforcement and behaviour setting scope on consumer response. Psychology and Marketing 30 (2) , pp. 148-159. 10.1002/mar.20594

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Abstract

The influence of the environment on the emotional responses and behaviors of consumers has been well established in the consumer behavior literature. The Behavioral Perspective Model (BPM) assumes that utilitarian reinforcement, informational reinforcement, and consumer behavior setting scope are independent dimensions of environmental influence, which can combine in particular consumption situations to produce consumer behavior. This paper empirically examines the possibility of interactions among these dimensions by means of the pleasure, arousal, and dominance (PAD) emotional variables. The PAD variables have been shown to mediate consumer behaviors such as the desire to stay or escape from the setting, to affiliate with others, and the willingness to spend money and consume. The results, showing an interaction between pleasure and arousal in high-pleasure environments, which then leads to increased approach behavior, seem to confirm the synergistic effects of utilitarian reinforcement and informational reinforcement on behavior. This study appears to be the first to find and investigate a three-way interaction between pleasure, arousal, and dominance in the context of purchase and consumption. This interaction suggests that the three structural dimensions of the BPM combine to produce consumer behavior. It also highlights the important role of consumer behavior setting scope in consumer situations maintained by intermediate patterns of reinforcement. The implications of these findings for theory and marketing management are discussed.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN:	0742-6046
Last Modified:	24 Oct 2022 09:58
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/42752

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