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There's Something in the Air: Effects of Congruent or Incongruent Ambient Odor on Consumer Decision Making

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  • Mitchell, Deborah J
  • Kahn, Barbara E
  • Knasko, Susan C

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Pleasant ambient odors are found to affect consumer decision making depending on whether the scents are congruent or incongruent with the target product class. Two different choice contexts are examined. In experiment 1, in a static-choice context, subjects in conditions in which the odor is congruent with the product class are found to spend more time processing the data, are more holistic in their processing, are more likely to go beyond the information given, are more likely to spread their choices evenly over the whole choice set than are subjects in the incongruent-odor conditions. In experiment 2, in a dynamic-choice context, subjects in the congruent conditions are more likely to exhibit behavior that is consistent with variety seeking than are subjects in the incongruent conditions. Copyright 1995 by the University of Chicago.

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  • Mitchell, Deborah J & Kahn, Barbara E & Knasko, Susan C, 1995. "There's Something in the Air: Effects of Congruent or Incongruent Ambient Odor on Consumer Decision Making," Journal of Consumer Research, Journal of Consumer Research Inc., vol. 22(2), pages 229-238, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jconrs:v:22:y:1995:i:2:p:229-38
    DOI: 10.1086/209447
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