GAS (general adaptation syndrome)

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What does Selye (1936) say about stress?

Stress is the body’s general response to any stressor

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  1. Alarm reaction

Adrenaline and fight or flight is activated by the hpothalamus

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  1. Resistance

Continuing stressor means long term use of the bodies resources

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  1. Exhaustion

Recourses are depleted, initial stress symptoms reappear, immune system is now damaged.

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Evaluation of GAS

CONS

  1. Gender differences in physiological response- fight or flight is risky for females (abandoning offspring)

  2. More than two aspects to the freeze response