Monica spends much of her day counting or saying certain words to herself. When she is not doing this, she is checking whether she left her doors unlocked. These symptoms illustrate __________.

A. compulsions
B. obsessions
C. both obsessions (counting and saying words) and compulsions (checking the doors)
D. neither obsessions nor compulsions


Answer: A

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