The Early Years
Information Overload and Quality Perception
Published on 5. August 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
348 pages
978-1-63651-578-6 (ISBN)
Description
The Early Years: Information Overload and Quality Perception by Jacob Jacoby explores the crucial psychological factors that impact consumer decision-making, particularly in the context of information overload. Jacoby investigates how the flood of available information affects consumers' ability to evaluate products and make informed choices. This book introduces foundational theories on how consumers perceive and process information, and how this perception influences their purchasing decisions. Focusing on quality perception, Jacoby examines how consumers assess product quality and how their judgments are often shaped by external factors such as brand reputation, advertising, and even social influence. Through in-depth analysis, Jacoby sheds light on the dynamics of consumer behavior in the modern marketplace, where an excess of information can lead to confusion and hesitation. This book serves as a critical resource for marketing professionals, behavioral scientists, and researchers interested in understanding the psychological underpinnings of consumer behavior in an increasingly complex information environment.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
505 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-63651-578-6 (9781636515786)
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Jacob (Jack) Jacoby has been the Merchants Council Professor of Consumer Behavior and Retail Management at the Stern School of Business, New York University since 1981. Prior to that, he received his Ph.D. in Social Psychology from Michigan State University in 1966. After serving as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force (1965-1968), he directed the Consumer Psychology Program within the Department of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University (1968-1981). He is Past President of the Association for Consumer Research (1975) and the Society of Consumer Psychology (1973-74) and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, the Association for Consumer Research, the Society for Social Psychology, the Society for Consumer Psychology, and the Society for Psychology and Law. Jacoby's scholarly output includes more than 165 chapters and articles, ten books and monographs, hundreds of talks at professional conferences, universities, and before industry audiences. He served on a number of editorial boards, including the Journal of Marketing Research, the Journal of Consumer Research, Computers in Human Behavior and the Trademark Reporter.