Regarding psychosomatic illness, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Stress is the sole cause of psychosomatic illnesses.
b. Personality and learned reactions to stress are involved in the development of psychosomatic illnesses.
c. Genetic predisposition and organ weaknesses contribute to the development of psychosomatic illnesses.
d. A general disease-prone personality type exists; and to a degree, there are also "headache personalities," "asthma personalities," and "cardiac personalities.".
A
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