Essentials of Abnormal psychology 8th edition - Tony has throught about hating his rich uncle and wishing he would somehow become a pauper. He cbecomes very anxious about these thoughts because he has developed the idea that if anything really happened to his uncle's money, it would be his fault. For no explainable reason, Tony starts mentally counting by odd numbers each time he walks past his uncle's house and discovers that this activity makes him less anxioius. Tony's behavior can e described as

Bob: coke is baby pandas.jim: what? how do you figure that coke is baby pandas? bob: because this book says so.jim: how do we know the book is correct? bob: because it says that coke is baby pandas.jim: how does that prove the book's accuracy? bob: because it's statement involving coke and baby pandas is correct, therefore it is accurate.jim: how do we know that it's correct? bob: because we have concluded that the book is accurate, and therefore the statement is correct.therefore, coke is baby pandas.