Maria has a six-year-old son who attends school near their house. She has terrible thoughts that he will be abducted while at sc
hool. Though she tries not to think about these images, she cannot seem to control it. She has found that if she drives around the school three times in a row, the disturbing thoughts and images of her son being abducted seem to go away. Which of the following is likely true regarding this scenario? A) Maria's obsessions consist of intrusive, terrifying thoughts that her son might be kidnapped from school
B) Maria's compulsions are the agonizing thoughts about her son being abducted.
A). Maria's obsessions consist of intrusive, terrifying thoughts that her son might be kidnapped from school.
Explanation:
Obsession is characterized as the compulsive and recurrent images or thoughts that make the individual to suffer from extreme emotional and disgustful state irrationally.
As per the question, the first statement asserts a true claim in the context of the given scenario that 'the obsession which Maria suffers comprise of meddling, dreadful thoughts about her son being abducted from school.' <u>Maria's persistent and unreasonable thought that her child might get kidnapped causes her to undergo this distressful and anxious state</u> due to the fear. Thus, <u>option A</u> is the correct answer.
Jerome's failure to retrieve his paper is analogous to the DECAY THEORY of forgetting, whereas Kaci's failure better resembles the INTERFERENCE THEORY. It is a decay theory because Jerome's term paper file in the computer was corrupted and this resulted in the loss of all his files including his paper whereas for Kaci, it is interference because her term paper was mixed with all other documents in her hard drive.
