AP PSYCHOLOGY

MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS

STRESS AND HEALTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What are the three stages of Hans Selye’s general adaptation syndrome (GAS)?
A
General arousal, arousal, and sympathetic arousal
B
Glucocorticoid response, adrenal response, and sympathetic arousal
C
Alarm, resistance, and exhaustion
D
Fight, flight, and freeze
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The general adaptation syndrome (GAS) was first proposed by Hans Selye in his classic 1936 letter to the editor of Nature. The GAS consisted of three phases: (i) the alarm phase, (ii) the phase of adaptation, and (iii) the phase of exhaustion.

Detailed explanation-2: -General adaptation syndrome (GAS) describes the physiological changes your body goes through as it responds to stress. 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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Selye identified these stages as alarm, resistance, and exhaustion. Understanding these different responses and how they relate to each other may help you cope with stress.

Detailed explanation-4: -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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