Mrs. Sharma, a teacher in a local school sensed smoke coming into her classroom.
She was startled and realised that something was wrong and immediately opened the windows and doors. She grabbed the fire extinguisher and guided her students to
safety as per the evacuation plan.
(i) Identify the stage of General Adaptation Syndrome at which Mrs. Sharma
was when she sensed the smoke.
(ii) According to the Cognitive Appraisal Model, what made Mrs. Sharma realise
that something was wrong in the situation?
(iii) Name the last stage of General Adaptation Syndrome model of stress and
briefly explain it.
She was startled and realised that something was wrong and immediately opened the windows and doors. She grabbed the fire extinguisher and guided her students to
safety as per the evacuation plan.
(i) Identify the stage of General Adaptation Syndrome at which Mrs. Sharma
was when she sensed the smoke.
(ii) According to the Cognitive Appraisal Model, what made Mrs. Sharma realise
that something was wrong in the situation?
(iii) Name the last stage of General Adaptation Syndrome model of stress and
briefly explain it.
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( i ) Alarm Reaction Stage. The presence of harmful stimulus activated her adrenal pituitary cortex system which triggers the release of hormones producing stress response and helped mrs. Sharma prepare for fight.
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( ii ) Mrs. Sharma made a secondary appraisal when she sensed that the event (smoke) was stressful on the basis of primary appraisal.
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( iii ) Last stage of GAS model of stress is exhaustion stress. The system involved in the alarm reaction becomes ineffective and chances of stress related disease increases.
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