- (A) Selye’s general adaptation syndrome explains how the body deals with stressors. It has three
stages: alarm, resistance, and exhaustion. After working so hard to deal with the stress of finals,
Conrad reached what Selye termed exhaustion and succumbed to illness. The Yerkes-Dodson law
explains the relationship between arousal and performance. The law of effect explains the
relationship between the consequences of an action and repetition of that action. Cognitive
dissonance theory proposes that we are motivated to maintain consistent attitudes. The James-
Lange theory of emotion states that specific physiological changes in the body are indicative of
specific emotions.
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