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Stress.
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Stress a) Selye (1936/50) studied the behaviour of rats under stress through electric shock, and on hospital patients and realised that they all reacted to stress in the same patterns. He called this pattern the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS). He stated that it involved three stages: Alarm Reaction Stage: This involved the sympathetic branch of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) activating the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal system, creating a fight or flight situation within the body. Resistance Stage: This kicks in when the alarm reaction stage is at a full. The parasympathetic nervous system looks for ways to use resources more cautiously. The body attempts to recharge lost energy and set the body back into a state of homeostasis. Fight or flight is less affective now, so strategies such as denial are used instead. Exhaustion Stage: Eventually the resistances of the last two stages break down and the original states of ANS are regained (sweating, increased heart...
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