Continuing research on stress suggests that ____.
a. biological stressors play a more important role in affecting the immune system than do psychological or social stressors
b. biological stressors can cause physiological damage, but psychological and social stressors do not
c. there is very little relationship between stress and health
d. stress affects the immune system, heart function, hormone levels, and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal systems
Question 2
A dominant theme in understanding the manifestation of stress is that _____.
a. negative stressors have greater impact on health than positive stressors
b. illness results from a complex interaction of biological, psychological, social, and sociocultural factors
c. the most important factor in the interaction between stress and health is interpretation of the situation
d. the more stress a person encounters, the more likely that person is to become ill
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