The fight or flight response

Question 1

What are the responses to chronic stressors ?

Answer 1

. Hypothalamus
. Pituitary gland
. Adrenal gland

Question 2

what are the responses to acute stressors?

Answer 2

. The sympathetic nervous system
. Adrenaline
. The parasympathetic nervous system

Question 3

What is the adrenal medulla ?

Answer 3

Releases adrenaline into the bloodstream causing physiological changes such as increased heart rate and release of blood sugar.

Question 4

Define HPA axis ?

Answer 4

. Describes the sequence of bodily activity in. response to stress that involves the hypothalamus, pituitary and adrenaline cortex.

Question 5

4 Evaluation points

Answer 5

. The tend and befriend response
. “Fight or flight” does not tell the whole story
. A genetic basis to sex differences in the fight or flight response
. negative consequence of the fight of flight response - psychological response may be adaptive