An Example of a Moderating Influence Would Be ________

question 111

Multiple Choice

An example of a moderating influence would be ________

• A) the effect of time on outcome expectancy about alcohol.
• B) a wife enabling her husband to continue drinking by making excuses for him.
• C) a gene that reduces the chances of a person becoming an alcoholic.
• D) the impact of therapy on the divorce and suicide rates of alcoholics.

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Definitions:

Arousal

A physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli.

Mental Resources

Cognitive capacities and energy available to an individual for executing tasks, processing information, and making decisions.

Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman is a psychologist known for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, as well as behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

Inattentional Blindness

The phenomenon where an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus that is in plain sight, due to focusing attention on another task, event, or object.