Mr. carpenter is constantly afraid that he is going to oversleep and be late for work. as a result, he spends nearly an hour total each night making certain that his alarm clock is correctly set and saying "it's set, it's set, it's set" each of the times he checks it. this repetitive action is what clinical psychologists refer to as a
a) compulsion. b) delusion. c) hallucination. d) obsession.

Aman and woman agreed to burn down a neighbor's house in retribution for some wrong the neighbor allegedly committed against them. both the man and woman were arrested shortly after they poured gasoline on the neighbor's front porch. the man revealed to the police that he participated in the plan to ensure that nothing bad would happen to the neighbor, and that he had made an anonymous telephone call to the police alerting them to the crime, which enabled the police to arrest him and the woman in the act. the woman stated that she would not have participated if not for the man's encouragement. if the woman is charged with a conspiracy at common law to commit arson, how should she be found?