You realize that no matter how much you hate mathematics you will not be able to drop out of calculus class this semester if you want to go to the graduate school of your choice. You hunker down for a miserable semester of hard and studious labor. You are in the ____ stage of the general adaptation syndrome.
A) alarm
B) exhaustion
C) resistance
D) extinction

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The general adaptation syndrome is a three-stage response to stress, which includes alarm, resistance, and exhaustion. In this scenario, the individual has recognized the stressor (needing to pass calculus to attend their desired graduate school) and has hunkered down to study hard. This represents the resistance stage, as the individual is adapting to the stressor and trying to overcome it. Exhaustion would come after prolonged stress and effort without relief, while extinction is not a stage of the general adaptation syndrome.

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