The idea that chronic stressors can be detrimental to one's health was formalized by the stress research pioneer Hans Selye, who proposed a three stage model of chronic stress called the General Adaptation Syndrome (GAS). The three stages of the GAS are ____.

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The three stages of the General Adaptation Syndrome proposed by Hans Selye are alarm, resistance, and exhaustion. Option A describes the stages of the acute stress response, not chronic stress. Option B includes relaxation, but this is not a part of the GAS model. Option C includes the fight-or-flight response, which is a component of the alarm stage, but does not accurately reflect the entire GAS model.

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