Social Science

Why People Hoard Items

Hoarding is a fear based activity, which stems from an individuals past history of experiences. These experiences may have left them feeling that they didn’t have enough, or that they were in severe danger at one time and now crave…
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Stanford Prison Experiment

Philip Zimbardo’s 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment was created to examine the potential causes of violence and violent behavior within prisons. The specific goal was “to study the behavioral and psychological consequences of becoming a prisoner and/or a prison guard.” In an…
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