Eysenck and Grossarth-Maticek Found That

question 35

Multiple Choice

Eysenck and Grossarth-Maticek found that

• A)people with a helpless,hopeless attitude tended to die more from cancer than from heart disease.
• B)people who reacted to frustration with anger and emotional arousal tended to die more from cancer than from heart disease.
• C)people who regarded their own autonomy as important had high death rates from both cancer and heart disease.
• D)no relationship existed between personality factors and disease.

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