Hoarder Research Paper
Running Head: HOARDERS
Hoarders
Jamie Chesser
Community College of Baltimore County
7/14/11
Hoarders
Throughout this Psychology class, there have been many intriguing subjects which have triggered a fair amount of dialogue. Teen pregnancy, drug abuse, abortion, and legalization of marijuana are just a few examples of topics that spark a class debate. When choosing a topic for this research paper I knew that I had to begin with something that was very questionable to any human being. Obsessive-compulsive disorder, as known as OCD, has always been fascinating to me in why people react in such bizarre ways. “Obsessive-compulsive disorder is defined as an anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted and repeated …show more content…
Hoarding can influence a person as early as the age of twelve. Most likely if both parents are hoarders, their child will become a hoarder because they were brought up in that environment. Sometimes the children of hoarder’s find it difficult to function properly if taken out of the environment. With effecting any age, hoarding can also affect any race. Hoarding is mainly hereditary, and it is mainly inherited from a relative or ancestor. When watching the show HOARDERS on A&E, there are all different age groups, races, and even socioeconomic statuses that are being documented for the television show. This disease can really affect anyone from different social classes but tends to be more common in the poor / middle classes. Hoarding is more common in middle/ average class people due to the fact that they have more room in their house to store items. The more room people have, the more likely they are going to shop and purchase more items to hoard. Wealthier people are less likely to not hoard as much because they tend to be more organized and put together. There are definitely some cases that may go against this theory. Poorer social classes are more likely to hoard because they may not have many items so they might want to try to hold on to everything that they have owned in the
Hoarders
Jamie Chesser
Community College of Baltimore County
7/14/11
Hoarders
Throughout this Psychology class, there have been many intriguing subjects which have triggered a fair amount of dialogue. Teen pregnancy, drug abuse, abortion, and legalization of marijuana are just a few examples of topics that spark a class debate. When choosing a topic for this research paper I knew that I had to begin with something that was very questionable to any human being. Obsessive-compulsive disorder, as known as OCD, has always been fascinating to me in why people react in such bizarre ways. “Obsessive-compulsive disorder is defined as an anxiety disorder in which people have unwanted and repeated …show more content…
Hoarding can influence a person as early as the age of twelve. Most likely if both parents are hoarders, their child will become a hoarder because they were brought up in that environment. Sometimes the children of hoarder’s find it difficult to function properly if taken out of the environment. With effecting any age, hoarding can also affect any race. Hoarding is mainly hereditary, and it is mainly inherited from a relative or ancestor. When watching the show HOARDERS on A&E, there are all different age groups, races, and even socioeconomic statuses that are being documented for the television show. This disease can really affect anyone from different social classes but tends to be more common in the poor / middle classes. Hoarding is more common in middle/ average class people due to the fact that they have more room in their house to store items. The more room people have, the more likely they are going to shop and purchase more items to hoard. Wealthier people are less likely to not hoard as much because they tend to be more organized and put together. There are definitely some cases that may go against this theory. Poorer social classes are more likely to hoard because they may not have many items so they might want to try to hold on to everything that they have owned in the