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Cannon hypothesized that stress makes us more susceptible to illness because intense or chronic stress overwhelms the body's ________, a term he coined to mean the tendency to return to a steady state of normal functioning.
 
  a. homeostatis
  b. immunosuppression
  c. automatic reset
  d. immune system

Question 2

Canadian physiologist Hans Selye developed the concept of the _________, which consists of three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.
 
  a. general adaptation response
  b. general adaptation syndrome
  c. enhanced homeostatic response
  d. human stress response syndrome


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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: a.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b.


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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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