General Adaptation Syndrome

• acute stress?


  stress caused by something temporary and lasts a short time.
• Hans Selye (1936)?


  one general response, respond to all stressor the same way.
• Gas: Alarm?


  Flight or FIght activated
• Gas: Resistance?


  we try to adapt and appear to be coping but are using up resources due to constant use of stress response
• GAS: Exhaustion?


  fail to adapt, resources drained and stress related illnesses develop
• Selye (1936)?


  exposed rats to a range of stressors and found they responded in the same way to each one.
• Mason (1971)?


  exposed monkeys to seven stressors and found varied effects suggesting it is not true respond to all stressors the same.
• Selye?


  paved the way for understanding of the link between stress and illness