Two people are both witnesses to a violent earthquake.One person is mildly upset by this event and copes well with it.The other person,who has a biological predisposition to anxiety,becomes very stressed after the event,has difficulty coping with it,and eventually gets ill.Because the effects of the earthquake differed,depending on whether the person had the predisposition of anxiety or not,this would be an example of an:

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This scenario describes an interaction between the earthquake event and the individual's biological predisposition to anxiety, which led to different outcomes for each person. An interaction occurs when the effects of one variable depend on the level or presence of another variable.

Two People Are Both Witnesses to a Violent Earthquake