Towards Alternative Ways to Measure Attitudes Related to Consumption: Introducing Startle Reflex Modulation

Koller Monika () and Walla Peter
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Koller Monika: Department of Marketing, Institute for Marketing-Management, WU Vienna, Austria
Walla Peter: CanBeLab, Psychology Department, Webster Vienna Private University, Palais Wenkheim, Vienna, Austria School of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Australia Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria

Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, 2015, vol. 13, issue 1, 83-88

Abstract: Evolution provided us with the important feature of affective information processing, which is designed to detect potentially harmful and appetitive sources in a dynamic environment. Transferred into the modern world of consumption research, we are interested in studying this particular approach versus avoidance behavior. We call it affective information processing which is the underlying basis of all emotions and a significant part of attitudes relevant to consumption. This paper provides conceptual and measurement-related reflections on our understanding of attitudes and emotions relevant to consumption.

Keywords: consumption; affective information processing; evolution; neuroscientific methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1515/jafio-2015-0023

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