Question

Anders owns a struggling coffee shop and has just received devastating news: a nationally known competitor is moving in on the same block. Anders has many debts to pay, and his wife is expecting their fourth child. When he hears this bad news, his heart rate zooms, and he feels faint, as if he is in shock. According to Hans Selye, Anders is in the ______ stage of the general adaptation syndrome.

Answer 1

Answer: alarm stage

According to Hans Selye, Anders is in the alarm stage of the general adaptation syndrome.

Explanation:

The alarm stage is the first stage of general adaptation syndrome. Here, due to the unpleasant news shared, Anders sympathetic nervous system exerts its function causing increased heart beat, increased breathing, sweating and panic.

Thus, the alarm stage of the general adaptation syndrome set in for Anders.