Adelaida hears a rattling sound as she hikes through the desert. Her muscles tense and her blood pressure rises. According to Hans Selye, she is in the ___________ phase
a) chronic stress
b) alarm
c) exhaustion
d) resistance
ANS: B, In the alarm phase, the sympathetic nervous system responds to the threatening sound by activating and causing the adrenal glands to release hormones that increase heart rate and blood pressure.
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