In the Study by Cohen and His Colleagues (1998) on Susceptibility

question 38

Multiple Choice

In the study by Cohen and his colleagues (1998) on susceptibility to the cold virus, ____.

• A) stress was not related to whether participants developed cold symptoms.
• B) all of the subjects who became infected with the virus developed cold symptoms because they all suffered some level of stress.
• C) only participants who suffered from acute stressful life events for less than a month developed cold symptoms.
• D) the stressors most closely related to colds were long-term conflicts with family or friends and either unemployment or underemployment.

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