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
Answer: a.
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