During the resistance stage, the body tries to counteract the changes that occurred during the alarm stage.

During the resistance stage, the body tries to counteract the changes that occurred during the alarm stage.

• A. Counteract the changes
• B. Intensify the changes
• C. Ignore the changes
• D. Exacerbate the changes

Answer: (A)

In the resistance stage, the body works to counteract the changes that occurred during the alarm stage. After the initial fight-or-flight surge, the body uses its regulatory systems to cope with stress and restore balance, even while staying alert and ready to respond. This involves maintaining function and dampening the most disruptive alarm responses so that you can continue to operate under the stressor. Choosing to intensify or exacerbate the changes would keep the body in a heightened, unbalanced state, and ignoring the changes wouldn’t reflect the active coping process the body undertakes.

In the resistance stage, the body works to counteract the changes that occurred during the alarm stage. After the initial fight-or-flight surge, the body uses its regulatory systems to cope with stress and restore balance, even while staying alert and ready to respond. This involves maintaining function and dampening the most disruptive alarm responses so that you can continue to operate under the stressor.

Choosing to intensify or exacerbate the changes would keep the body in a heightened, unbalanced state, and ignoring the changes wouldn’t reflect the active coping process the body undertakes.