Jerome Is at the End of the Academic Semester and Is

question 79

Multiple Choice

Jerome is at the end of the academic semester and is busy with exams and papers. He is feeling tired and run down, but keeps telling himself that the semester is almost over. Jerome is experiencing the ________ stage of the general adaptation syndrome.

• A) alarm
• B) exhaustion
• C) resistance
• D) fight or flight

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