Question 1 Report
A university wellbeing study asks 120 people to keep a secure phone diary for seven days. Participants record intrusive thoughts and any action used to reduce anxiety. Researchers want to distinguish obsessive thoughts from compulsive actions without diagnosing the people involved.
(a) Name the type of thought that repeatedly enters a person's mind against their wishes. [1]
(b) Describe one compulsive action a participant could record. [1]
(c) Explain why a researcher should not diagnose obsessive compulsive disorder from one week of diary entries alone. [1]
(a) An obsession / intrusive thought. [1]
(b) Repeated checking, washing, counting, arranging or seeking reassurance. [1]
(c) A diagnosis needs fuller assessment of duration, distress and impairment / a short diary may not show a disorder. [1]
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