While babysitting one night, you receive a phone call from someone who says, in a really weird voice, “I am coming to get you! I am coming to get you!” Just then, the lights in the house flicker out! As you are alone, your heart starts beating faster, you begin to perspire, and you are covered in goose bumps. You have just experienced the ____.?
a. ?fight-or-flight syndrome
b. ?posttraumatic stress reaction
c. ?startle reflex
d. ?automatic fear response
ANSWER:
a
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