What is the fight-or-flight response? How is it thought to be related to anxiety and anxiety disorders?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: A good answer will include the following key points.
? Anxiety is based on a normal physiological and psychological response to stressful events known as the fight-or-flight response.
? This response is an important emergency response that is very adaptive to threats such as predators.
? If this response is extreme in duration, sensitivity, and/or severity, it can become maladaptive.

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Agents such as chemicals or diseases, which may cause malformation of developing

embryos, are called a. teratogens. b. neurosubdils. c. myelinogens. d. degenerations.

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Sixteen-year-old Britney is very involved her religious community. Compared with nonaffiliated youths, Britney probably

A) uses more alcohol, but does not use drugs. B) is more involved in community service activities aimed at helping the less fortunate. C) engages in less misconduct, but is less academically responsible. D) is less advanced in moral reasoning.

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