From a Social-Psychological Perspective,one Problem with Studies of the Relation

question 79

Multiple Choice

From a social-psychological perspective,one problem with studies of the relation between the number of negative life events and reports of physical illness is that

• A)objective situations have more influence than subjective situations.
• B)researchers often ignore positive life events as a source of stress.
• C)researchers often ignore respondents construals of objective negative life events.
• D)stress is an inevitable consequence of social life.
• E)people tend to over report the number of negative events in their life.

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Definitions:

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