Joseph never sleeps through the night. he wakes up at least once per hour to check all the doors and windows in his house to make sure they are locked and to check the stove to make sure it is turned off. joseph's behavior would be classified as

The appropriate response is a compulsion. A compulsion is a conduct intended to diminish psychic pain or distress because of components, for example, discouragement or nervousness. People participating in impulses regularly feel a powerful need to take part in the enthusiastic conduct. Ordinary practices, for example, hand-washing, imploring, and checking can progress toward becoming impulses.