Places,regions,spaces,and People Are Largely

question 139

Multiple Choice

Places,regions,spaces,and people are largely

• A) isolated from one another.
• B) in competition with one another.
• C) in conflict with one another.
• D) not connected to one another.
• E) interdependent.

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Definitions:

General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS)

A theoretical model describing the body's short-term and long-term reactions to stress, characterized by stages of alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.

Hans Selye

A pioneering Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist who first identified and described the concept of stress and its effects on the human body.

General Adaptation Syndrome

A three-stage process (alarm, resistance, exhaustion) that describes the physiological changes the body goes through under stress.

Resistance Phase

The second stage of the general adaptation syndrome, where the body adapts to a stressor and attempts to return to homeostasis.