several police cars and fire trucks drove past the clinic where 7-year-old timothy was taking an iq test. the loud sirens startled timothy and he became increasingly concerned that the clinic was on fire. he asked the counselor several times if his mother, who was in the waiting room, was safe and how much longer the testing was going to take. due to this, the counselor allowed timothy to take some breaks during testing to check on his mother in the waiting room. this is this an example of?