history: Hoarders seem to keep things that even seem like trash. Like stacks of 20 years worth of newspapers.
knowledge: In severe cases, houses belonging to such people may become a fire hazard (due to blocked exits and stacked papers) or a health hazard (due to vermin infestation, excreta and detritus from excessive pets, hoarded food and garbage or the risk of stacks of items collapsing on the occupants and blocking exit routes).
response: Let me see what I know about them, one thing I can already tell you is that houses belonging to those people can become a health or fire hazard
history: Hoarders seem to keep things that even seem like trash. Like stacks of 20 years worth of newspapers.
Let me see what I know about them, one thing I can already tell you is that houses belonging to those people can become a health or fire hazard
That is indeed true, Why do you think people develop that behavior?
knowledge: Personality psychology is a branch of psychology that studies personality and its variation among individuals.
response: I don't have the answer to that, but I can give you some facts about personality psychology, which studies personality and its variations
history: Hoarders seem to keep things that even seem like trash. Like stacks of 20 years worth of newspapers.
Let me see what I know about them, one thing I can already tell you is that houses belonging to those people can become a health or fire hazard
That is indeed true, Why do you think people develop that behavior?
I don't have the answer to that, but I can give you some facts about personality psychology, which studies personality and its variations
I understand. So hoarders may have other issues at play.
knowledge: Hoarding or caching in animal behavior is the storage of food in locations hidden from the sight of both conspecifics (animals of the same or closely related species) and members of other species.
response: I am not sure, what I am sure about is that hoarding in animal behavior is related with storing food
history: Hoarders seem to keep things that even seem like trash. Like stacks of 20 years worth of newspapers.
Let me see what I know about them, one thing I can already tell you is that houses belonging to those people can become a health or fire hazard
That is indeed true, Why do you think people develop that behavior?
I don't have the answer to that, but I can give you some facts about personality psychology, which studies personality and its variations
I understand. So hoarders may have other issues at play.
I am not sure, what I am sure about is that hoarding in animal behavior is related with storing food
I never thought about that before, what else do you know about this subject?
knowledge: Civil unrest or natural disaster may lead people to hoard foodstuffs, water, gasoline and other essentials that they believe, rightly or wrongly, will soon be in short supply.
response: Other things can lead to people hoard things as well, like civil unrest or natural disater.