One Reason Why the Checking Rituals of Certain Obsessive-Compulsive People

question 192

Multiple Choice

One reason why the checking rituals of certain obsessive-compulsive people go on for so long is that

• A) the ritual is an automatic reflex.
• B) such people do not trust their memory of whether they have completed the ritual.
• C) such people experience the ritual itself as an intense sensory pleasure.
• D) such people have a very poor memory of what they have or have not actually done.

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