Biopsychology: The Fight or Flight Response NEW

Question 1

Which division of the nervous system is linked to fight or flight?

Answer 1

Autonomic Nervous System

Question 2

Which part of the brain identifies an event as a stressor?

Answer 2

Hypothalamus

Question 3

Which branch of the Autonomic Nervous System is linked to fight or flight?

Answer 3

Sympathetic branch

Question 4

The hypothalamus activates which gland?

Answer 4

Pituitary gland

Question 5

Which hormone is released during fight or flight?

Answer 5

Adrenaline

Question 6

Which part of the adrenal gland is involved in fight or flight?

Answer 6

Adrenal Medulla

Question 7

Which physiological changes increase during the fight or flight response?

Answer 7

Increase heart rate
Increased blood pressure
Increased respiration

Question 8

Which physiological reactions decrease during the fight or flight response?

Answer 8

Reduced Saliva production
Reduced digestion

Question 9

How is the fight or flight response controlled and how fast is it?

Answer 9

Automatic
Immediate

Question 10

When the stressor has been removed which part of the Autonomic Nervous System becomes active?

Answer 10

Parasympathetic Branch of ANS

Question 11

The parasympathetic branch returns the body to a level of balance after the stressor has been removed. What term would best represent this?

Answer 11

Homeostasis

Question 12

Name the direct effects of adrenaline

Answer 12

Increased heart rate, Increased blood pressure, Increasing blood flow to the brain and skeletal muscles

Question 13

Name the indirect effects of adrenaline

Answer 13

Prepares the body for fight or flight, Increases blood supply to skeletal muscles for physical action, Stops digestion and saliva production, Increases oxygen to the brain for rapid response planning

Question 14

What does increased oxygen to the brain lead to?

Answer 14

Rapid response planning

Question 15

Assuming females have the same response to stress as males is which type of bias?

Answer 15

Gender (beta)

Question 16

Females may not have a fight or flight response. Instead, it may be to …

Answer 16

Tend and befriend

Question 17

What does ‘tend’ in tend and befriend mean?

Answer 17

Protect their offspring

Question 18

What does ‘befriend’ in tend and befriend mean?

Answer 18

Form alliances with other women

Question 19

Fight or flight might not be the only two responses. What is the other potential response?

Answer 19

Freeze

Question 20

Why might people freeze when confronted with danger?

Answer 20

Freeze to consider the best course of action for the stressor they are faced with

Question 21

What two systems play a major role in producing the fight or flight response?

Answer 21

Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) and the endocrine system

Question 22

When would the sympathetic branch of the Autonomic Nervous System be activated?

Answer 22

When a stressor is identified by the brain

Question 23

When a stressor is identified by the brain, which branch of which nervous system is activated?

Answer 23

Sympathetic branch of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)

Question 24

What is the role of the hypothalamus in the fight or flight response?

Answer 24

Identifies a stressor

Question 25

When would the pituitary gland be activated in the fight or flight response?

Answer 25

After a stressor is identified by the hypothalamus

Question 26

Once the pituitary gland has been activated in the fight or flight response, what is triggered and where?

Answer 26

Activity in the sympathetic branch of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)

Question 27

Where is adrenaline released into?

Answer 27

The bloodstream

Question 28

Where is adrenaline released from during the fight or flight response?

Answer 28

The adrenal medulla

Question 29

When the fight or flight response is produced, what is the body prepared for?

Answer 29

Sudden physical action

Question 30

Increased heart rate, blood pressure and respiration and reduced saliva production and digestion are examples of...

Answer 30

Physiological reactions produced during the fight or flight response

Question 31

Give three physiological reactions that are produced during the fight or flight response

Answer 31

Increased heart rate, Increased blood pressure, Increased respiration Reduced saliva production, Reduced digestion

Question 32

What type of response is the fight or flight response?

Answer 32

Immediate and automatic

Question 33

Which branch of which nervous system returns the body back to normal once the stressor has been removed?

Answer 33

Parasympathetic branch of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)

Question 34

The parasympathetic branch is involved in homeostasis, what does this mean?

Answer 34

It returns the body to a level of balance/back to normal once the stressor has been removed

Question 35

Give two examples of how the body is returned back to normal by the parasympathetic branch

Answer 35

Heart rate decreased, Respiration decreased, Digestion increased

Question 36

When adrenaline travels through the bloodstream, what does it activate that leads to an increase in heart rate and blood pressure?

Answer 36

The heart and circulatory system

Question 37

What is the main function of the parasympathetic branch of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)?

Answer 37

To activate the "rest and digest" response and return the body to homeostasis after the fight or flight response

Question 38

Why might the fight or flight response not explain the stress response in females?

Answer 38

Research has found women are more likely to protect their offspring (tend) and form alliances with other women (befriend) than to fight or run away

Question 39

Research has found women are more likely to protect their offspring (tend) and form alliances with other women (befriend) than to fight or run away. What does this suggest about the fight or flight response?

Answer 39

There is a gender (beta) bias, as the fight or flight response assumes that men and women respond in the same way to a threatening situation

Question 40

State two issues with the fight or flight response

Answer 40

It does not explain the stress response in females Human behaviour is not limited to two responses

Question 41

Rather than fight or flight, what do psychologists argue is the first response to danger?

Answer 41

To avoid confrontation altogether through a 'freeze' response

Question 42

Why is it suggested that the flight or flight response does not consider other factors such as thought processes?

Answer 42

People may freeze as a response to consider the best course of action for the threat they are faced with

Question 43

Some psychologists argue that the first response to danger may instead be to freeze and consider the best course of action. What does this suggest about the fight or flight response?

Answer 43

It does not consider other factors such as thought processes