Julia confronts her boyfriend with the evidence that he has been cheating on her, and after days of arguments, they break up. by the end of the week, all she can do is cry herself to sleep. which stage of the general adaptation syndrome applies to this situation? alarm

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John Chan

5 November, 23:39

Julia confronts her boyfriend with the evidence that he has been cheating on her, and after days of arguments, they break up. by the end of the week, all she can do is cry herself to sleep. which stage of the general adaptation syndrome applies to this situation? alarm

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Sammy Yates · Answer 1

It is also known as stress syndrome or general stress adaptation syndrome.

Selye's general adaptation syndrome is named after its discoverer, Hans Selye, whose discovery was a breakthrough for Psychology

The phases of the general adaptation syndrome are 3:

Alarm phase: the body prepares for defense or flight.

resistance phase: the body builds a resistance but no organism is able to maintain a condition of alarm and excitement for a long time so it appears the ...

Exhaustion phase: the body is unable to react to the subsequent increase

of the exciting and causes tension causing stress.

In this case she is in the first phase because she is escaping from a relationship.

answer:

alarm phase.