Intense arousal is to the alarm reaction stage of the general adaptation syndrome as adjustment to a continuing stressful situation is to the resistance stage (It's what define the stages). The General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS) is a three-stage process that describes the physiological effects on the body when under stress. The stages are:
- Alarm reaction stage: Initial response of the body to stress.
- Resistance stage: Recovery or adaptation to the stressful event.
- Exhaustion stage: Your body no longer has the strength to fight stress.
I think that the "blank" is best filled by "equal".
This would mean that all people have the same power of decision in a democracy, and if it seems that some people have more than others: in fact they only represent the whole population.
In comparison, in a monarchy, the monarch has more power than the common people.
The correct statement is the following:
<span>b. Together, they represent everything that can be bought or sold.
They can't both be touched: services can't, while goods can.
Also they have a big economic value: they are everything that has a value.
They can be scarce though, and many goods and services are actually scarce in many places.
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