Anders owns a struggling coffee shop and has just received devastating news: a nationally known competitor is moving in on the same block. Anders has many debts to pay, and his wife is expecting their fourth child. When he hears this bad news, his heart rate zooms, and he feels faint, as if he is in shock. According to Hans Selye, Anders is in the ______ stage of the general adaptation syndrome.

a. appraisal
b. resistance
c. alarm
d. exhaustion


Ans: C

Psychology

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