AP PSYCHOLOGY

MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS

MOTIVATION AND EMOTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to Selye, what are the three stages of stress?
A
alarm stage, resistance stage, exhaustion stage
B
awareness stage, fight stage, flight stage
C
realization stage, fight stage, conquer stage
D
alarm stage, exhaustion stage, resistance stage
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The syndrome divides the total response from stress into three phases: the alarm reaction, the stage of resistance and the stage of exhaustion.

Detailed explanation-2: -First described in a note to Nature in 1936 (Selye, 1936), the GAS has three stages: alarm; resistance; exhaustion.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are three stages to stress: the alarm stage, the resistance stage and the exhaustion stage. The alarm stage is when the central nervous system is awakened, causing your body’s defenses to assemble. This SOS stage results in a fight-or-flight response.

Detailed explanation-4: -These changes occur in stages: an alarm reaction (also called fight-or-flight), a resistance phase (in which your body recovers), and a period of exhaustion. Enduring stress has physical and mental effects on the body.

Detailed explanation-5: -Selye theorized that overexposing the body to stress would cause what he called “general adaptation syndrome, ” which could lead to shock, alarm and eventually exhaustion. Far from being limited to soldiers, the range of potential sufferers included all of humanity.

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