Scott has heart damage that his doctor says is due to prolonged stress from caring for a child with a serious, incurable illness. The doctor explains that the damage is probably due to high levels of adrenaline and cortisol produced by his body over a long period of time. Hans Selye would say that Scott is in the ____ stage of the general adaptation syndrome.?
a. ?alarm reaction
b. ?catastrophic
c. ?exhaustion
d. ?resistance
ANSWER:
c
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