Attempts to classically condition the suppression of the immune response in rats have demonstrated that:
A. conditioning may affect immunity, but this cannot be generalized to responses under stress
B. the immune system cannot be affected by purely psychological factors
C. our immune systems can be affected by psychological or cognitive stressors
D. experimental data derived from rats cannot be generalized to humans
Answer: C
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a. invariance. c. schema. b. hierarchy. d. adaptation.