From a social-psychological perspective, one problem with studies on 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 respondents' construals of objectively negative life events.
c. researchers often ignore positive life events as a source of stress.
d. stress is an inevitable consequence of social life.
Answer: B
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