Yvonne carefully washes her hands every 15 minutes. Even when she drives on long trips, she stops at every service station along the way to wash her hands. Yvonne's repetitive hand washing illustrates the concept of:

a. a compulsion
b. an obsession
c. dissociation
d. a delusion


A

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