3B: Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome

Question 1

General Adaption
Syndrome (GAS) 

Answer 1

a biological model involving three stages of
physiological reactions that a person experiences in response to a persistent
stressor

Question 2

Alarm reaction

Answer 2

the first stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome involving the initial decrease and subsequent increase in bodily arousal in response to an immediate stressor

Question 3

Shock

Answer 3

the first substage of the alarm reaction stage
involving decreased bodily arousal for a brief period of time following the initial exposure to a stressor

Question 4

Counter shock 

Answer 4

the second substage of the alarm reaction stage in which sympathetic nervous system responses occur that mobilise the body to respond to the stressor

Question 5

Resistance 

Answer 5

the second stage of the General Adaptation Syndrome involving maintaining high levels of bodily arousal in response to a persistent stressor

Question 6

Exhaustion

Answer 6

the third stage of the General
Adaptation Syndrome involving the depletion of energy levels and bodily resources, resulting in an inability to cope with the stressor