Fight or flight A03

Question 1

One issue with the fight or flight response is that it does not explain the stress response…

Answer 1

in females.

Question 2

What has research found about females response to stress?

Answer 2

-females are more linked to protect their offspring (tend) and form alliances with other women or the offender in a crime (befriend)

Question 3

What kind of bias is there in the fight or flight response?

Answer 3

-Gender bias because the fight or flight response assumes that men and women respond in the same way to threatening situations

Question 4

Another issue with the fight or flight response is that human behaviour…

Answer 4

is not limited to two responses. Some psychologists argue that the first response to danger is to avoid confrontation with a freeze response

Question 5

What do humans do in the freeze response

Answer 5

-during the response humans consider the best course of action for the threat they are faced with.

Question 6

What does the freeze response suggest about the fight or flight response

Answer 6

-suggests that the fight or flight response does not consider other factors such as thought processes.