Sympathetic Nervous Theory

The sympathetic nervous system is part of the autonomic nervous system and its primary purpose is to stimulate the body’s flight-or-fight response. The way that the sympathetic nervous system relates to the mugging and the conversation is that when Jean Cabot is being mugged her sympathetic nervous system will help prepare her to stay and fight or to run away.The parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for stimulation of “rest-and-digest” or “feed-and -breed” activities that occur when the body is at rest. The way that the parasympathetic nervous system relates to the mugging and the conversation is that when she gets home, after the mugging, her parasympathetic nervous system will help her body calm down. A conditioned response is an …show more content…
The frustration-aggression theory is that aggression is the result of blocking, or frustrating, a person’s efforts to attain a goal. The way that the frustration-aggression theory relates to the mugging and the conversation is the she is frustrated about being mugged and when she is talking to her husband, she becomes aggressive. Displacement is an unconscious defense mechanism whereby the mind substitutes either new aim or new object for goals felt in their original form to be dangerous or unacceptable. The way that displacement relates to the mugging and the conversation is that she takes out her anger on her husband because it would have been unsafe to take out her anger on the two men that mugged her. PTSD is a mental health condition triggered by experiencing or seeing a traumatic event. Some symptoms include flashbacks, nightmares, emotional detachment, headache, lack of emotional response, and anxiety. The way that PTSD relates to the mugging and the conversation is that after Jean was mugged, she could experience flashbacks whenever she sees a non-caucasian person because of what she went