PSYCH 3rd Edition by Spencer Rathus

Exercise 20

A woman has difficulty concentrating on her job at work because of her preoccupation with the possibility that she has left the stove on or the iron plugged in at home. She imagines that her house will catch fire because of her mistake. She confides in her doctor. What diagnosis is the doctor most likely to use to describe her behavior?
A) obsessive-compulsive disorder
B) panic disorder
C) specific phobia
D) schizophrenia