Whitney is fearful of catching an illness. She envisions germs covering every surface when she ventures outside her immaculate apartment. She wears gloves and refuses to touch other individuals or to allow them to touch her. Her preoccupation with thoughts of germs would be considered:
A. a compulsion.
B. an obsession.
C. a fixation.
D. mania.
Answer: B
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