As Carol and Ken are leaving for a trip, Carol repeatedly asks Ken, "Did we turn off the coffee pot?" For their entire trip, Carol worries about the coffee pot. Carol's doubt about turning off the coffee pot is ________

a) an obsession
b) a compulsion
c) both an obsession and a compulsion
d) neither an obsession nor a compulsion


ANS: a

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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