Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik,Haig Kouyoumdjian

Exercise 15

A disorder that consists of persistent, recurring irrational thoughts, impulses, or images that a person is unable to control and irresistible impulses to perform over and over some senseless behavior or ritual is called (a) _____ disorder. A nondrug treatment for this disorder, which consists of gradually exposing the person to the real anxiety-producing situations or objects that he or she is attempting to avoid, is called (b) _____ therapy.