Question

When malcolm gets upset, he shops. though it never delivers on the promise fully, he can't stop believing that new possessions will give him a new outlook on the upsetting situation. malcolm's belief that happiness and fulfillment can be achieved through the acquisition of material possessions is known as: asceticism. buyerism. code switching. consumerism?

Answer 1

I believe that process is known as consumerism.
Consumerism refers to the process of acquiring goods of service in a larger amount than what we actually need.
This behavior shows a significant increase since the development of technology such as social media that makes individual able to observe the things that possessed by other individuals more easily.