Question

While driving to work, Pedro hears a radio advertisement for a new restaurant. Throughout the day, the tune associated with the advertisement keeps running through his head. Pedro's inability to stop thinking about the tune best illustrates the nature of a(n):

Answer 1

Question Options:

A) free-floating anxiety.

B) a phobia.

C) an obsession.

D) a compulsion

Answer: Pedro's inability to stop thinking about the tune best illustrates the nature of an OBSESSION.

Explanation: An obsession can be defined as a compulsive or irrational preoccupation. It is to be preoccupied with a single topic or emotion.

Pedro's inability to stop thinking about the tune illustrates that he is preoccupied with a single topic which is the nature of an OBSESSION.