Maya owes the credit card company $20,000, her adjustable rate mortgage has just gone up, and she has been out of work for 3 months. Today her husband of 15 years just told her he was having an affair and wants a divorce. With that news, she collapsed and had to be taken to the emergency room. According to Hans Selye, Maya is in the ______ stage of the general adaptation syndrome.
a. alarm
b. resistance
c. appraisal
d. exhaustion
Ans: D
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