With three finals and two papers on her schedule at the beginning of finals' week, Kim was very aware of feeling her body "all keyed up" as she worried how she could possibly do everything she needed to do. By the middle of the week, Kim felt calmer and was dealing fairly well with budgeting her time and was completing tasks in a timely fashion. After everything was completed, Kim became ill with a bad cold and it took a long time before she felt better. When Kim was sick, what stage of the general adaptation syndrome was she most likely experiencing?

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Kim was most likely experiencing the exhaustion stage of the general adaptation syndrome, as her body had been under a significant amount of stress during finals week and was now experiencing the physical consequences of that stress. The illness can be seen as a result of the body's inability to continue coping with the stress it had been experiencing.

With Three Finals and Two Papers on Her Schedule at the Beginning