oks will become secondary tools in academia, usurped by electronic media” and the only reason books will be purchased will be for leisure, but even that will decline due to electronic readers. Books are important because they can be passed down from generation to generation. Even if things aren't concrete online, you can't physically hold words. Reading stimulates creativity and imagination and these may be lost by moving here... to the middle of the paper... as materialistic attitudes are harmful to one's well-being. “The psychological perspective attributes the development of materialistic values to family circumstances that create stress and self-esteem issues that promote materialistic values” (Hung Vu Nguyen). Many people in our culture attribute material possessions to personal fulfillment. The truth rings true with Bertrand Russell's statement "It is the preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly." Even at an early age, children compete and brag among themselves as to who has the most possessions. Previous studies by Rindfleisch state that materialism developed over time as a response to stress due to family problems such as divorce, separation and loss of loved ones. Materialism leads consumers to invest a disproportionate amount of their resources in purchasing goods.

Topic > oks will become secondary tools in academia, usurped by electronic media” and the only reason books will be purchased will be for leisure, but even that will decline due to electronic readers. Books are important because they can be passed down from generation to generation. Even if things aren't concrete online, you can't physically hold words. Reading stimulates creativity and imagination and these may be lost by moving here... to the middle of the paper... as materialistic attitudes are harmful to one's well-being. “The psychological perspective attributes the development of materialistic values to family circumstances that create stress and self-esteem issues that promote materialistic values” (Hung Vu Nguyen). Many people in our culture attribute material possessions to personal fulfillment. The truth rings true with Bertrand Russell's statement "It is the preoccupation with possession, more than anything else, that prevents us from living freely and nobly." Even at an early age, children compete and brag among themselves as to who has the most possessions. Previous studies by Rindfleisch state that materialism developed over time as a response to stress due to family problems such as divorce, separation and loss of loved ones. Materialism leads consumers to invest a disproportionate amount of their resources in purchasing goods.