Sam Can't Leave for Work Without Going Back into His

question 197

Multiple Choice

Sam can't leave for work without going back into his house and making sure that he has taken all of his writing materials. He does this several times before he allows himself to start the car and drive to work. He is frequently late for work because he is so unsure about remembering everything. Sam is displaying:

• A) agoraphobia.
• B) an obsession.
• C) a checking compulsion.
• D) nonpathological caution.

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Definitions:

Health Care Quality Improvement Act

A federal statute enacted to improve the quality of medical care, largely by restricting the ability of physicians with a history of malpractice from moving to another state to escape their history.

Ordinary Care

The reasonable level of care, diligence, and judgment that a person in a particular profession is expected to exercise under specific circumstances.

Internal-Unstable

Attributes in attributing causation for an event or behavior to factors inside a person that can change, such as effort or mood.

External-Stable

An attributional pattern where success or failure is attributed to enduring factors outside an individual's control.