4.3 - Cannon’s Fight or Flight Response
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Practice Questions
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What is the fight-or-flight response?
💡 Hint: Think about the body's immediate responses to fear.
Name one hormone involved in the fight-or-flight response.
💡 Hint: This hormone is linked to increased heart rate.
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What is the primary hormone released during the fight-or-flight response?
💡 Hint: Consider which hormone is directly involved in the body's immediate response to fear.
True or False: The fight-or-flight response only occurs in life-threatening situations.
💡 Hint: Think about everyday stressors that might trigger this response.
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Analyze a real-life situation where someone faced a stressor triggering the fight-or-flight response and how they managed it. What could have been done differently?
💡 Hint: Recall the techniques we discussed to manage stress effectively.
Create a comprehensive diagram illustrating the fight-or-flight response, including input (stressor), processing (hypothalamus and hormonal release), and output (physical reaction).
💡 Hint: Think about the sequence of the stress response.
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