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 all organisms produce a generalized physiological response to any environmental demand.
C. It showed that an animal's response to a stressor differed depending on its psychological state.
D. It showed that the automatic nervous system produced similar patterns of activation regardless of the emotions felt by an organism.
Answer: C
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