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RYAN BANYAN

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What are some of the shortcomings of Selye's General Adaptation Syndrome model?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What happens to the gastrointestinal (GI) system when activated by the fight-or-flight response?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

Though Selye's model has intuitive appeal, it has its limitations. First, as a biological model, it does not address psychological processes such as cognitive appraisals of stressors and how they can uniquely affect one's perceptions and coping skills. Second, Selye claimed that there was universality to stressors and their effects. In other words, all stressors should have similar effects, but this is not accurate.

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The digestive process stops so that GI system blood that had been collecting energy can be quickly routed to the brain and muscles. Digesting food is not very adaptive when one is about to be eaten.




RYAN BANYAN

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Excellent

 

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