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The psychology of collecting is an area of study that seeks to understand the motivating factors explaining why people devote time, money, and energy making and maintaining collections. There exist a variety of theories for why collecting behavior occurs, including consumerism , materialism , neurobiology and psychoanalytic theory .
Collecting fosters feelings of accomplishment and power. “For some, there is a thrill and sense of accomplishment that comes along with acquiring an entire collection,” Thomasian said.
Logo for the campaign Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF. Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF is a fund-raising program for children sponsored by the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.Started on Halloween 1950 [1] as a local event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, the program historically involves the distribution of small orange boxes by schools to trick-or-treaters, in which they can solicit small change ...
Collecting for most people is a choice, but for some it can be a compulsion, sharing characteristics with obsessive hoarding. When collecting is passed between generations, it might sometimes be that children have inherited symptoms of obsessive–compulsive disorder. Collecting can sometimes reflect a fear of scarcity, or of discarding ...
5 Years Old: A new volume by Taschen, Small Stories of Great Artists, has compiled all of Laurence Anholt’s beloved children’s books on history’s greatest, from da Vinci to Van Gogh.
Jun. 29—SALEM — A Salem man is facing charges of possessing thousands of images and videos of children and teenage girls — some of which investigators believe were secretly recorded in his ...
In Sweden, children dress up as witches and monsters when they go trick-or-treating on Maundy Thursday (the Thursday before Easter) while Danish and Faroese children dress up in various attires and go trick-or-treating on Fastelavn (or the next day, Shrove Monday). In Norway, the practice is quite common among children, who come dressed up to ...
5 Antiques You Should Be Collecting Now Maura McEvoy "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." These days it takes a lot more than a simple CB2 ...