When evaluating purchase alternatives, research has found that consumers make product choices primarily from three perspectives: emotional, attitude-based, and attribute-based. Describe each of these.

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Not all purchases are made strictly for rational reasons. Indeed, product choices can be emotional choices, based on attitudes about a product, or based on attributes of the product depending on the situation. Frequently, the product choice encompasses a mix of all three.

Attitude-based choices tend to be more holistic, using summary impressions rather than specific attributes to evaluate the options, and affect even important purchases such as a car or house. It is not uncommon for beliefs to affect the actual product decision.

By far the most prevalent approach to product decisions is attribute-based choice based on the premise that product choices are made by comparing brands across a defined set of attributes. These evaluative attributes are the product features or benefits considered relevant to the specific problem addressed in the purchase decision.

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