AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Your heart rate increases, your adrenal gland releases cortisol (a stress hormone), and you receive a boost of adrenaline, which increases energy. This fight-or-flight response occurs in the alarm reaction stage.

Detailed explanation-2: -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. The resistance stage is when your body begins to repair itself and normalize heart rate, blood pressure, etc.

Detailed explanation-3: -The alarm reaction stage of general adaptation syndrome is the body’s initial response to stress. The sympathetic nervous system is activated by the sudden release of hormones. You may better know this stage as the fight-or-flight response.

Detailed explanation-4: -General adaption syndrome, consisting of three stages: (1) alarm, (2) resistance, and (3) exhaustion.

Detailed explanation-5: -The alarm reaction stage refers to the initial symptoms of the body under acute stress and the “fight or flight” response. After the initial shock of the stressful event, the body begins to repair itself by lowering cortisol levels and normalizing the physiologic responses (i.e. blood pressure and heart rate).