For the past six months, Dahlia's job has been extremely stressful, but she doesn't feel that she can quit because she needs the money for tuition. Dahlia has doing her best to maintain a positive attitude even though she has really felt quite stressed. According to Hans Selye, Dahlia is in the _____ stage of the general adaptation syndrome.

A) alarm
B) collapse
C) exhaustion
D) resistance


Answer: D) resistance

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