Fight Or Flight Response Flashcards
What does the autonomic nervous system and endocrine system play a major role in?
Producing the fight or flight response
When a stressor is identified by the brain, what does it activate?
The sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system
A stressor is identified by the…
Hypothalamus
What does the hypothalamus activate
The pituitary gland
What does the pituitary gland trigger
Activity in the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system
Adrenaline is released by what into where?
The adrenal medulla into the bloodstream
The fight or flight respond is produced preparing the body for…
Sudden physical action
Physiological actions are produced such as
Increased heart rate and blood pressure and increased respiration, reducing saliva production and digestion.
TRUE OR FALSE
physiological reactions are immediate and automatic
TRUE
The parasympathetic branch returns the body back to normal once what has been removed?
The stressor
Homeostasis means what is decreased or increased?
Heart rate decreased, respiration decreased, digestion increased
What is the acronym to remember the process?
Sally - stressor
Has - hypothalamus
Potentially - pituitary gland
Seen - sympathetic
A - adrenaline from the adrenal gland
Piranha - parasympathetic
Adrenaline is the hormone released from the…
Adrenal medulla
Adrenaline travels through the blood stream and activates…
The heart and circulatory system, increasing heart rate and blood pressure
What is the DIRECT affect of adrenaline?
Increased heart rate, increasing the rate of blood flow and blood pressure. Increasing blood flow to the brain and skeletal muscles
What is the INDIRECT affect of adrenaline?
Prepares body for action such as fight or flight, increased blood supply to skeletal muscles for physical action. Stops digestion and saliva production. Increased oxygen to the brain for rapid response planning
AO3: What does fight or flight not explain?
Stress response in females
AO3: what had research found about stress response in females?
Women are more likely to protect their offspring and form alliances with other women than to run away
AO3: What bias is there in relation to fight or flight not explaining stress response in females?
Gender bias
AO3: What does the fight or flight response assume about women in relation to men?
That men and women respond in the same way to a threatening situation prior to research, limiting the explanation of fight or flight response
DISCUSSION: Therefore, it could be argued that the fight or flight response is far too…
Simplistic and other responses to threatening situations may be applicable as some psychologist would argue that the first response…
AO3: an issue with the fight or flight response is that human behaviour is not limited to…
Two responses
AO3: some psychologists argue that the first response to danger is to…
Avoid confrontation all together through a freeze response
AO3: During the freeze response humans consider the best…
Course of action for the threat that they are faced with. This suggests fight or flight doesn’t consider other factors such as thought processes
