Attempts to Classically Condition the Suppression of the Immune Response

question 218

Multiple Choice

Attempts to classically condition the suppression of the immune response in rats have demonstrated that:

• A) conditioning may affect immunity, but this cannot be generalized to responses under stress
• B) the immune system cannot be affected by purely psychological factors
• C) our immune systems can be affected by psychological or cognitive stressors
• D) experimental data derived from rats cannot be generalized to humans

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An automatic, natural reaction to a stimulus that occurs without any prior learning or conditioning.

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