Two people are 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 is an example of an interaction because the effect of the earthquake on stress levels and coping ability depends on the individual's predisposition to anxiety.

Two People Are Witnesses to a Violent Earthquake