Describe how the body responds to stress physiologically by describing the three stages of the general adaptation syndrome
What will be an ideal response?
Hans Selye began studying stress in the 1930s to determine the effects of chronic stressors. He used an animal model, exposing animals to stressors to determine the effects.
Selye formulated a theory about how stress reactions occur, called the general adaptation syndrome. The alarm stage occurs when an organism recognizes a threat and mobilizes resources. The resistance stage occurs when the stress is prolonged. This is a period when physiological arousal stabilizes but is still above baseline, as the organism copes with the stressor. The exhaustion stage occurs when the body's resources are depleted; Selye believed that this is when diseases of adaptation occur.
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