Two people experience a violent earthquake. One person is mildly fazed 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 effect of the earthquake differed, depending on whether the person had the predisposition of anxiety or not, this would be an example of
A)introspection
B)an interaction
C)insight
D)the biological level of analysis

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This scenario exemplifies an interaction because it shows how the effect of the earthquake on individuals varies based on their biological predisposition to anxiety. The difference in their reactions is due to the interplay between the external event (the earthquake) and an internal characteristic (anxiety predisposition).

Two People Experience a Violent Earthquake