Which of the following statements about Mason's studies in the early 1970s challenged Selye's assumptions about stress?
A. It showed that not all organisms have a coping mechanism to deal with stress.
B. It showed that an animal's response to a stressor differed depending on its psychological state.
C. It showed that the automatic nervous system produced similar patterns of activation regardless of the emotions felt by an organism.
D. It showed that all organisms produce a generalized physiological response to any environmental demand.
Answer: B
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A. third
B. first
C. fourth
D. second