Fight-or-flight response

Honors Program Experiential Reflection 1. Your name: Rachel Anderson 2. Event: Psychology Club Brown Bag #3: Social Anxiety 3. Date of Event: Friday, April 17th, 2015 4. Proof of Attendance: I have attached a picture of the Psychology Club’s verification of attendance form I received after attending the event. 5. Honor program or Program of Study/Major connection: The psychology club lecture relates to my PSY101, or Psychology 101 class in which I am currently enrolled. We have covered…

“An immediate response out of concern for our safety — while some proved to be more lasting transformations in American life” (Jason Villemez). Since the events occured our nation has mourned and many things have changed the most immediate change was air travel. After…

The nervous system in the body is divided into Central Nervous System (CNS) and Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). Central nervous system controls all important nerves inside the body enable the body to do its daily tasks. Peripheral nervous system is the system that control on the outside the brain and spinal cord. Both systems are requiring in the body for different functions. The central nervous system consists of the nerves in brain and spinal cord. The brain is responsible for organize and…

various deficits in emotional functioning. Reflecting back, my emotional functioning has varied over time. For instance, before I started treatment, my emotional functioning was quite poor. I was unable to regulate emotion and was constantly in a flight or flight mode. For example, in high school and my first year of college, I could not even walk home without feeling incredibly paranoid that someone was following me. I was constantly filled with fear throughout the day. After treatment started,…

The human brain has been conditioned into two different and immediate reactions to fear: fight and flight. The responses to long term adversity of submission and rebellion are derived from the flight and flight reactions. Submission occurs following the loss of hope in the face of adversity. Rebellion instigates further rebellion and enables one to accept one’s fate. Submission is a common response to adversity that stems from the loss of the delusion of reprieve; it often results in the…

strategies that are criminalized. The child welfare system involvement can heighten trauma and result in law enforcement participation. Children consent exposure to stress and harm contribute to the development of survival technique based on evolutionary responses which include: dissociation: the process of coping with overwhelming; distrust in authority figure since preponderance of trauma is caused at the hands of authority figures, hypervigilance: constant scanning of environment for threat…

telencephalon is made up of a cortex, subcortical fibres and the basal nuclei. moving on the second structural division of the brain is the brain stream the oldest part of the brain which is in control of primary instincts heart rate and fight or flight response which structurally can be divided into the midbrain , pons and medulla oblongata . The midbrain acts like a supercomputer for the human body pons aids the medulla in controlling breathing and also acts and a relay station. The medulla…

Depression is not just a change in ones mood or a sign of weakness; it’s actually a medical condition with many factors such as emotional and physical behavioral symptoms. Many people in today’s society are ashamed to seek appropriate help and end up suffering through these hard times alone, which leads to many harmful behaviors and even worse case scenario, such as death. What people fail to realize is that depression is a health problem that has treatments, but in order for it to work one must…

different responses within the human body. This includes intracellular proteins and receptors. First, intracellular proteins act with intracellular receptors. “Intracellular receptors for lipid-soluble hormones perform the entire task of transducing a signal within a target cell” (Reese 997). When a hormone activates a receptor, that triggers a cell’s response. A signal transduction is “the linkage of a mechanical, chemical, or electromagnetic stimulus to a specific cellular response” (Reese…

Originally described by Hans Selye (1907–1982), an Austrian-born physician who emigrated to Canada in 1939, the general adaptation syndrome represents a three-stage reaction to stress. Selye explained his choice of terminology as follows: "I call this syndrome general because it is produced only by agents which have a general effect upon large portions of the body. I call it adaptive because it stimulates defense…. I call it a syndrome because its individual manifestations are coordinated and…