When Comparison Becomes Contrast: Choice in an Oppositional Framework

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dc.contributor.authorKrishen, Anjala Selenaen
dc.contributor.committeechairNakamoto, Kenten
dc.contributor.committeememberBrinberg, David L.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHerr, Paul M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberKlein, Noreen M.en
dc.contributor.departmentMarketingen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:08:35Zen
dc.date.adate2007-04-13en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:08:35Zen
dc.date.issued2007-03-19en
dc.date.rdate2007-04-13en
dc.date.sdate2007-03-28en
dc.description.abstractIn this dissertation, I propose that there are multiple factors, such as the education process and the consumption environment, which work to simultaneously create an opposition framework. People are constantly exposed to rival products, which are positioned to be opposites even when they are often extremely similar in chemical content and physical appearance. Thus, the implications of the recency-frequency model of activation (Higgins, Bargh and Lombardi 1985) would be that these proximal factors could, in some sense, prime dichotomous thinking. Dichotomous or oppositional thinking, as it is defined in this dissertation, pertains to the flattening of dimensions present in a choice set such that the items can be graphically depicted at two ends of one dimension (see Figure 2 and Figure 3). I will first explore the impact of a dichotomous mindset on making a decision and then expand to the realm of opposition in choice set structures.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-03282007-155556en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03282007-155556/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/26533en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartAKDissertation041107.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectinformation processingen
dc.subjectoppositionen
dc.subjectdichotomyen
dc.subjectdecision makingen
dc.subjectchoiceen
dc.subjectinformation overloaden
dc.subjectconsumer behavioren
dc.titleWhen Comparison Becomes Contrast: Choice in an Oppositional Frameworken
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineMarketingen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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