TEXT A People can be addicted to
different things—e, g., alcohol, drugs, certain foods, or even television.
People who have such an addiction are compulsive, i.e., they have a very
powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy. According to
psychologists, many people are compulsive spenders: they feel they must spend
money. This compulsion, like most others, is irrational—impossible to explain
reasonably. For compulsive spenders who buy on credit, charge accounts are even
more exciting than money. In other words, compulsive spenders feel that with
credit, they can do anything. Their pleasure in spending enormous’ amounts is
actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they
buy. There is a special psychology of bargain hunting. To save
money, of course, most people look for sales, low prices and discounts.
Compulsive bargain hunters, however, often buy things they don’t need just
because they are cheap. They want to believe that they are helping their
budgets, but they are really playing an exciting
game: when they can buy something for less than other
people, they feel that they are winning. Most people, experts claim, have two
reasons for their behavior: a good reason for things that they do and the real
reason. It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the
psychology of spending habits, but also business people. Stores, companies, and
advertisers use psychology to increase business: they consider people’s needs
for love, power, or influence, their basic value, their beliefs and opinions,
and so on in their advertising and sales methods. Psychologists
can often use a method called "behavior therapy" to help individuals solve their
personality problems, in the same way, they can help people who feel that they
have problems with money. The article is mainly about______.
A.the psychology of money-spending habits B.the purchasing habits of compulsive spenders C.a special psychology of bargain hunting D.the use of the psychology of spending habits in business