Mr Carpenter Is Constantly Afraid That He Is Going to Oversleep

question 18

Multiple Choice

Mr. Carpenter is constantly afraid that he is going to oversleep and be late for work. As a result, he spends nearly an hour total each night making certain that his alarm clock is correctly set and saying "It's set, it's set, it's set" each of the times he checks it. This repetitive action is what clinical psychologists refer to as a

• A) compulsion.
• B) delusion.
• C) hallucination.
• D) obsession.

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Definitions:

Primary Circular Reactions

A concept in child development where an infant learns to reproduce an event that initially occurred by accident (e.g., sucking their thumb).

Centration

A cognitive limitation in early childhood, where a child focuses on one aspect of a situation while ignoring others.

Neural-Visual Network

A system in the brain that processes visual information, integrating it with neural signals for perception and understanding.

Numerical Understanding

The ability to comprehend, interpret, and work with numbers.