Seyle's General Adaption syndrome

Question 1

What is 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

What are the three stages of the GAS

Answer 2

1. alarm reaction
2. resistance
3. exhaustion

Question 3

What happens in the Alarm reaction stage?

Answer 3

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 4

What are the 2 substages of the alarm reaction stage?

Answer 4

Shock-
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

Counter shock-
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

What happens in the resistance stage?

Answer 5

Involving maintaining high levels of bodily arousal in response to a persistent stressor.

Question 6

What happens in the exhaustion stage?

Answer 6

Involving the depletion of energy levels and bodily resources, resulting in an inability to cope with the stressor.

Question 7

strengths of the GAS?

Answer 7

• Recognises a predictable pattern of physiological responses associated with distinct stages and substages, which can be measured in individuals.
• Recognises the relationship
  between chronic stress and illness.
  The GAS provides objective, empirical
  information about the biological processes involved in the stress response.