Stefan is a bank executive who has intrusive thoughts throughout the day about germs and contamination. He constantly worries he will become sick and die from the germs. He has to interrupt important business meetings to wash his hands and refuses to shake hands with anyone. The thoughts have been a persistent problem for him for 10 years. Stefan's thoughts would be considered .

obsessions

Explanation:

Obsessions can be described as consistent and uncontrollable thoughts that preoccupies the mind of an individual, which occurs over a long time and keeps reoccurring. These unwanted thoughts that keeps reoccurring over time can disrupt the daily activities of an individual, and mostly causes anxiety and distress to the individual having it. An individual having obsessions usually engages in behaviors such as compulsive behaviors to relieve the distress.

Stefan's thoughts as described in the question can be considered obsessions.

it´s related to his charming character.

beauty is not everything, although we can joke that girls only care about the physical or material aspect, the truth is that a real woman looks at more important things, besides intelligence and personality, there are other attitudes that make irresistible to men who are 'unattractive'.

for example develop your sense of humor.

answer: musical connotation

leonard b. meyer (1918-2007) was an american composer, author and philosopher. his work emotion and meaning in music is perhaps the first major treatise on music. it is a philosophical and psychological work, greatly influenced by koffka (one of the major proponents of gestalt psychology). his work deals with the problem of musical meaning and musical communication.