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REPONSE ALARME [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Characterology
DEF

The first stage of the general-adaptation syndrome, in which a person responds to stress by exhibiting shock.

OBS

alarm response: according to K. Lorenz.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Caractérologie
DEF

Mise en garde de l'organisme à la suite d'une stimulation subite et anormale.

CONT

En 1936, Hans Selye publie, dans la revue britannique Nature, un premier article sur le syndrome de l'adaptation, qui se déroule en trois phases : la réaction d'alarme, pendant laquelle les forces de défense sont mobilisées; le stade de résistance où le corps s'adapte à l'agent stressant et le stade d'épuisement, lorsque l'agent stressant est assez puissant et durable.

Spanish

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