Hans Selye referred to the body's response to prolonged stress as

A) the fight-or-flight response.
B) the general adaptation syndrome.
C) the tend-and-befriend response.
D) acculturative stress.

General Adaptation Syndrome

A theoretical model describing the body's short-term and long-term reactions to stress, identified by Hans Selye, involving stages of alarm, resistance, and exhaustion.

Fight-Or-Flight

A physiological response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival, triggering either aggression or escape.