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One criticism of Selye’s theory of stress is that it emphasizes the ______ factors but largely ignores the influence of _______ factors.

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physical, psychological

Step-by-step explanation:

Hans Selye gave the biological reason for the development of stress. It has three stages

Alarm stage

Where the body is exposed to the stimulus and is in the flight or fight stage.

Resistance stage

Where the body reacts by fighting or avoiding the stimulus.

Exhaustion stage

Where the stimulus has been dealt with.

It can be seen here that the biological factors have only been focused neglecting the psychological factors.

Hence, the statement here is referring to physical, psychological

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