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People can be addicted to different things— e. g. alcohol, drug, certain foods, or even television. People who have such an addiction are compulsive (强迫的): they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satiy. According to psychologists, many people are compulsive spenders. They feel that they must spend money. This compulsion, like most others, is 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 large amounts is actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy.
There is even 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 that 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 winners. Most people, experts claim, have two reasons for their behavior: a good reason for the things that they do and the real one.
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 values, their beliefs and opinions, and so on in their advertising and sales methods.
Psychologists often use a method called “behavior therapy (疗法)” to help individuals solve their person ability problems. In the same way, they can help people who feel that they have problems with money.
8. According to the psychologists, a compulsive spender is one who spends large amounts of money .
A. and takes great pleasure from what he or she buys
B. in order to satiy his or her basic needs in life
C. entirely with an reasonable eagerness
D. just to meet his or her strong psychological need
9. According to the passage, compulsive bargain hunters constantly search for the lowest possible prices .
A. because they have money problem
B. because they feel satiied if they spend less money than others
C. because they like to show off their success in getting things for less money
D. because they want to save money to help heir budget
10. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. The use of the psychology of spending money in business.
B. A special psychology of bargaining.
C. The psychology of money spending habits.
D. A method to help compulsive spenders to solve the problem of money.
11. From the passage we may safely conclude that compulsive spenders or compulsive bargain hunters _______.
A. need special treatment B. are really reasonable
C. can’t be cured D. can never get any help to solve their problems with money
DBCA
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