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  3. People can be addicted to different things—e.g., alcohol, drugs, certain foods, or even television. People who have such an addi

People can be addicted to different things—e.g., alcohol, drugs, certain foods, or even television. People who have such an addi

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问题      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 ______.
选项 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
答案A
解析 综观全文，B 、C 和D 都只是文章个别方面的内容，概括不了全文的中心。从整体上来看，本文中心应为A ，不健康的购物方式有两种：一种为满足心理需要而花大钱，一种是为了满足心理需要而买便宜货，而这些都被商人用来促销其商品。
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