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 […]