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What effect does stress have on the experience of symptoms?
What effect does stress have on the experience of symptoms?
- Stress can precipitate or aggravate the experience of symptoms (correct)
- Stress reduces the experience of symptoms
- Stress increases the accuracy of self-assessment of health
- Stress has no effect on the experience of symptoms
How does being in a good mood affect symptom reporting?
How does being in a good mood affect symptom reporting?
- Good mood has no effect on symptom reporting
- Good mood leads to greater accuracy in self-assessment of health
- Being in a good mood leads to increased illness-related memories and more serious symptoms
- People in a good mood report fewer illness-related memories and symptoms (correct)
What is the relationship between studying symptoms and self-perception of health?
What is the relationship between studying symptoms and self-perception of health?
- Studying symptoms improves self-perception of health
- Studying symptoms leads to focusing on one's own fatigue and emergence of illness-related symptoms (correct)
- Studying symptoms leads to decreased attention to internal states
- Studying symptoms has no impact on self-perception of health
How does financial strain and disruptions in personal relationships affect self-perception of health?
How does financial strain and disruptions in personal relationships affect self-perception of health?
How does stress impact vulnerability to illness?
How does stress impact vulnerability to illness?
What are the most frequent symptoms experienced by people who convert their distress into physical symptoms?
What are the most frequent symptoms experienced by people who convert their distress into physical symptoms?
Who is more likely to report the mentioned symptoms?
Who is more likely to report the mentioned symptoms?
What makes people more attentive to symptoms according to the text?
What makes people more attentive to symptoms according to the text?
Which phenomenon is common among medical students as mentioned in the text?
Which phenomenon is common among medical students as mentioned in the text?
What are the attentional differences related to noticing symptoms?
What are the attentional differences related to noticing symptoms?