Rina Was in a Meeting with Several Other Employees When

question 182

Multiple Choice

Rina was in a meeting with several other employees when her boss started to criticize a proposal Rina had put together for the marketing department.As he started into his critique, Rina's heart rate and respiration increased, and she could feel her face and hands become flushed and red.According to Selye's general activation syndrome (GAS) , Rina was experiencing:

• A)a resistance reaction
• B)physiological exhaustion
• C)autonomic rebound
• D)an alarm reaction

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Idiosyncrasy Credit

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