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the immediate reaction to a stressor. In the initial phase of stress, humans exhibit a "fight or flight" response, which prepares the body for physical activity
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Hans Selye was the psychologist that is credited with proposing the general adaptation syndrome.
He administrated 'noxious' agents to rats, to see if there was a physiological response. All of them had a physiological response. It is known as 'general adaptation syndrome' GAS.
He defined stress in 1936 as "the non-specific response of the body to any demand for change". Later in 1979 he explained further that "stress is a 'perception'. It is the demands that are imposed upon us because there are too many alternatives"See more at:http://www.gostress.com/stress-definitions-from-stress-researchers/#sthash.aWh0Mg2n.dpuf
During this phase, if the stress continues, the body adapts to the stressors it is exposed to. Changes at many levels take place in order to reduce the effect of the stressor
What happens physiologically and psychologically during the General Adaptation Syndrome?Read more: What_happens_physiologically_and_psychologically_during_the_General_Adaptation_Syndrome
General adaptation syndrome, or GAS, is a term used to describe the body's short-term and long-term reactions to stress. There are three stages the alarm reaction, the stage of resistance, and the stage of exhaustion.
Adrenaline is released during alarm phase of the general adaptation syndrome, when it is necessary to enlist the fight or flight response. This adaptation is so hard-wired in our bodies that simply watching a scary movie can elicit the response, cause the body to release Adrenaline, and bring about all the same physiological changes that are produced if a knife-wielding person attacked you. The same response can occur when you open your electric bill and see that you owe nearly $500, or when a person softly approaches so you didn't hear them coming and they surprise you.
General adaptation syndrome is used to describe how someone's body short and long term reaction to stress. This is to see how someone is able to handle their stress.
How many stages?
sympathetic and parasympathetic