Randi was in a meeting with several other employees when her boss started to criticize a proposal Randi had put together for the marketing department. Her initial reaction was a nearly uncontrollable rage, but then she started to calm down somewhat. Although she was still very agitated, she was able to control her reactions enough to present some counterpoints to the criticism from her boss
According to Selye's general activation syndrome (GAS), Randi was probably experiencing:
a. an alarm reaction
b. physiological exhaustion
c. a resistance reaction
d. autonomic rebound
C
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