Diane, a keyboard specialist, adapted to her stressful job with few complaints. Now, a year later, Diane has chronic headaches from the demands of her boss to meet deadlines and to type accurately
Such stress-related illnesses are likely to occur in which stage of the general adaptation syndrome?
a. alarm
b. resistance
c. exhaustion
d. the intermediate stage
Answer: C
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