2022-2024 Year 13 A-Level Psychology - Biopsychology: The Fight or Flight Response TW
This flashcard set focuses on the Fight or Flight Response in A-Level Psychology (Biopsychology), highlighting the role of the Autonomic Nervous System and the hypothalamus in detecting stressors and triggering the body’s automatic stress response.
Which division of the nervous system is linked to fight or flight?
Autonomic Nervous System
Key Terms
Which division of the nervous system is linked to fight or flight?
Autonomic Nervous System
Which part of the brain identifies an event as a stressor?
Hypothalamus
Which branch of the Autonomic Nervous System is linked to fight or flight?
Sympathetic branch
The hypothalamus activates which gland?
Pituitary gland
Which hormone is released during fight or flight?
Adrenaline
Which part of the adrenal gland is involved in fight or flight?
Adrenal Medulla
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Which division of the nervous system is linked to fight or flight? | Autonomic Nervous System |
Which part of the brain identifies an event as a stressor? | Hypothalamus |
Which branch of the Autonomic Nervous System is linked to fight or flight? | Sympathetic branch |
The hypothalamus activates which gland? | Pituitary gland |
Which hormone is released during fight or flight? | Adrenaline |
Which part of the adrenal gland is involved in fight or flight? | Adrenal Medulla |
Fight or flight prepares the body for … | Sudden action |
Which physiological changes increase during the fight or flight response? | Increase heart rate |
Which physiological reactions decrease during the fight or flight response? | Reduced Saliva Production |
How is the fight or flight response controlled and how fast is it? | Automatic |
When the stressor has been removed which part of the Autonomic Nervous System becomes active? | Parasympathetic Branch of ANS |
The parasympathetic branch returns the body to a level of balance after the stressor has been removed. What term would best represent this? | Homeostasis |
Name direct effects of adrenaline | Increased heart rate, increasing blood flow to the brain and skeletal muscles |
Name the indirect effects of adrenaline | Prepares the body for fight or flight by increasing blood supply to skeletal muscles for physical action. |
What does increased oxygen to the brain lead to? | Rapid Response planning |
Assuming females have the same response to stress as males is which type of bias? | Beta |
Females may not have a fight or flight response. Instead, it may be to … | tend and befriend |
What does ‘tend’ in tend and befriend mean? | Protect their offspring |
What does ‘befriend’ in tend and befriend mean? | Form alliances with other women |
Fight or flight might not be the only two responses. What is the other potential response? | Freeze |
Why might people freeze when confronted with danger? | Freeze to consider the best course of action for the stressor they are faced with |