Key Terms
Stress- A lack of fit between a person and his or her environment
Stressor- event that causes a stress reaction in the body, e.g environmental stressors, such as workplace or life events such as illness or divorce.
General Adaptation Syndrome- Seyle's GAS model describes how through physiological changes in the body, an organism copes with stress in an adaptive way.There are3stages that are a part of the adaptive process: alarm, resistance and exhaustion.
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