According to Hans Selye, at which stage in the general adaptation syndrome does stress cause physical illness?

a. exhaustion
b. alarm stage
c. resistance stage
d. emergency response


Answer: a.

Psychology

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A) the level of aggressiveness at the end of the month B) the amount of violence watched on television C) the level of aggressiveness at the end of the month and the amount of violence watched on television D) the children

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When the infant becomes a toddler, the relationship between the younger and older sibling changes. On the negative side, the relationship gets worse because ____

a. the mother always takes the side of the toddler b. the father is more interested in playing with the toddler c. the toddler becomes good at annoying their older siblings d. the toddler prefers to play with their younger siblings

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The tendency for an individual's helpfulness in an emergency to decrease as the number of onlookers increases is called ________

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Psychology