Gerald has been spending a good deal of time at work reading about elderly nursing-home patients, their ailments, and the physical decline that they experience. When he returns home, his wife comments that Gerald is walking slowly and seems to be stooped over, as though he were physically weaker. Gerald has probably been influenced by

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Gerald's behavior is likely influenced by ideomotor action, where merely thinking about a behavior can lead to its automatic enactment.

Gerald Has Been Spending a Good Deal of Time at Work