Review the psychological perspectives below and see how each of the seven major perspectives helps to explain compulsive hoarding.

Seven Psychological Perspectives on Abnormal Behavior

Each of the seven major perspectives in psychology emphasizes different factors believed to contribute to abnormal behavior, but in practice they overlap. Consider the phenomenon of compulsive hoarding. Everyone sometimes makes an impulse purchase, and most people are reluctant to discard some possessions that are of questionable value.

But when the acquisition of and inability to discard worthless items becomes extreme, it can interfere with basic aspects of living, such as cleaning, cooking, sleeping on a bed, and moving around one’s home. This abnormal behavior is associated with several psychological disorders, but it is most commonly found in people who have obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD. Review the psychological perspectives below and see how each of the seven major perspectives helps to explain compulsive hoarding.

Sociocultural, Biological, Cognitive, Evolutionary, Behavioral
Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic And Humanistic

In your paper make sure you touch on these principles to help explain this abnormal behavior. Conduct research on it and make sure you include the cover sheet and cited sources pages.

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