AP PSYCHOLOGY

MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS

STRESS AND HEALTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to Selye, what are the three stages of the GAS?
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: -Summary. General adaptation syndrome (GAS) describes the process your body goes through when you are exposed to any kind of stress, positive or negative. It has three stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion. If you do not resolve the stress that has triggered GAS, it can lead to physical and mental health problems.

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: -Selye describes the alarm stage as the sum of all non-specific systemic phenomena elicited by sudden exposure to stimuli to which the organism is quantitatively or qualitatively not adapted.

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