Describe what happens to the body during the fight-flight response

What will be an ideal response?


The fight-flight response (a) directs great resources of energy to the muscles and the brain; (b) can be triggered by either physical stimuli that threaten our survival or psychological situations that are novel, threatening, or challenging; and (c) involves numerous physiological responses that arouse and prepare the body for action (fight or flight).

Psychology

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a. True b. False

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A father play wrestles and tickles his 4-year-old son. A few minutes after playing, the son hugs his dad and says, "I love you." This expression of emotion is BEST predicted by which theory of emotion?

A) James–Lange B) Cannon–Lange C) Cannon–Bard D) two-factor

Psychology

Consistent behavior patterns that people display in many different situations are

A. very difficult to identify. B. often called individual differences by personality psychologists. C. predictive of personality traits. D. likely to be found in depressed personalities.

Psychology

Your dog jumps up on you when you get home; and you eliminate this behavior by ignoring the dog when it jumps on you. The ignoring of this response would be an example of operant extinction

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology