Introduction to Psychology 10th Edition by Rod Plotnik,Haig Kouyoumdjian

Exercise 33

Our psychological reactions to stressful situations can result in real, painful, physical symptoms called (a) _____ symptoms. According to Selye, we develop psychosomatic symptoms because the body's response to stress involves going through three stages that he called the (b) _____ syndrome. The first is called the (c) _____ stage, which is our initial reaction to stress and is marked by physiological arousal. The second is called the (d) _____ stage, in which most physiological responses return to normal levels as the body uses up great stores of energy. The third is called the (e) _____ stage, which is marked by the actual breakdown in body organs or weakening of the infection-fighting immune system.