Adelaida hears a rattling sound as she hikes through the desert. Her muscles tense and her blood pressure rises. According to Hans Selye, she is in the

a. chronic stress phase.
b. alarm phase.
c. exhaustion phase.
d. resistance phase.
e. eustressful phase.


b. alarm phase.

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