AP PSYCHOLOGY

ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Fear of losing or forgetting important information when throwing something out
A
Obsession
B
Compulsion
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Perfectionism: Concern about evenness or exactness. Concern with a need to know or remember. Fear of losing or forgetting important information when throwing something out.

Detailed explanation-2: -arithmomania (usually uncountable, plural arithmomanias) an obsessive-compulsive disorder in which the subject feels the need to count things.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1908, Sigmund Freud named what is now known as obsessive–compulsive or anankastic personality disorder “anal retentive character". He identified the main strands of the personality type as a preoccupation with orderliness, parsimony (frugality), and obstinacy (rigidity and stubbornness).

Detailed explanation-4: -Compulsive decluttering is a type of disorder that is classified within a broad name, obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD. Compulsive decluttering is the act of throwing items, or clutter, away, or getting rid of them in an attempt to “clean up” what one with the disorder may think is cluttered.

Detailed explanation-5: -Rumination and OCD Rumination is a core feature of OCD that causes a person to spend an inordinate amount time worrying about, analyzing, and trying to understand or clarify a particular thought or theme.

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