Joan Cannot Stop Thinking About Jumping Off a Tall Building

question 44

Multiple Choice

Joan cannot stop thinking about jumping off a tall building. This causes her a great deal of stress. To escape from these thoughts, Joan recites nursery rhymes over and over again. This seems to reduce the stress. For Joan, the thoughts of jumping off a building are

• A) obsessions
• B) dysthymia
• C) compulsions
• D) attempts at wish fulfillment
• E) conditioned responses

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