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The field of stress physiology began with the research of Hans Selye and his laboratory rats. Explain how his findings developed into an understanding of the physical impact of stress.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

A new medical specialty called psychoneuroimmunology reflects the relationship among
 
  a. psychological factors including stress.
  b. the immune system.
 c. the nervous system.
 d. all of these

Question 3

A new medical subspecialty called psychoncology reflects the influence of psychological factors in the development and progression of
 
  a. cancer.
 b. coronary heart disease.
  c. eating disorders.
 d. high blood pressure.

Question 4

One of the most successful efforts to reduce risk factors for a medical condition involved three entire communities in California in which residents received different types of interventions or no intervention at all (for the community that served as the control group). The targeted condition in this effort was
 
  a. diabetes.
 b. cancer.
 c. heart disease.
  d. obesity.

Question 5

In the massive antismoking campaign in China in 1989, the results indicated that ____ percent of the 10,000 fathers in the intervention group quit smoking for at least six months, in comparison to a control group of 10,000 in which only ____ percent quit smoking.
 
  a. 1; 0.1
 b. 12; 0.2
  c. 22; 2.2
  d. 50; 25

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