Fight-or-flight response

According to Ader, the response to a stressful challenge involves many different interactions among the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems (Ader). During a stressful event, the body may undergo a series of biological and chemical changes. For example, the sympathetic nervous system and hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis system are activated and hormones are released (lecture). This promotes the process of turning fats into energy for the body to use and therefore, this energy, which could…

Stress is a physical and psychological response to a situation that seems overwhelming. Some stress is good as it can motivate and help us become more productive. However, too much stress or prolonged exposure to stress is harmful. The way we perceive a stress-provoking event and react to it determines its impact on our health. Over time, high levels of stress can lead to serious health problems. This is why stress management strategies are very important in eliminating the negative impacts…

Glycogenolysis occurs in the muscle cells and liver tissues in response to hormonal and neural signals. It is very important in the fight-or-flight response of the body. Glycogenolysis regulates hormonally blood sugar levels through glucagon and insulin. Epinephrine regulates glycogenolysis in the fight-or-flight response. Epinephrine can causes a rapid increase in blood glucose concentration. A majorly common disease having to do with epinephrine…

Stress is caused by an event or series events in our environment which we perceive and respond in a variety of physiological responses in our bodies (Day, Whetham and Whetham, 2003). Stress is not only caused by negative events, it can also be caused by positive events in our lives such as getting a new job or starting a new relationship. These are called stressors, stressors are activities, events, or changes that result in stress on an object or organism. 
 Studies show that stress is not…

everyone else in the family, Calvin has a hard time showing how he feels. There are a few times in the movie where he lashes out and starts a fight or joins in. The few times in the movie depicting him confronting a conflict are mostly fight responses instead of flight responses. Calvin does not seem to physically fight anyone, but he does use words to fight people in arguments. Calvin is particularly controlling in a scene near the end of the movie when he brings up a conflict that has been…

cause of anxiety disorders is unknown, several factors are believed to be at play such as genetics, brain biochemistry, an overactive fight-flight response, stressful life situations and finally, learned behavior (The Nemours Foundation, 2016) Within this one can see the biomedical elements such as genetics, brain biochemistry, and an overactive fight-flight response, but also the psychosocial components such as stressful life situations and learned behaviour (The Nemours Foundation,…

Pushed to the limits, is when aggression becomes exposed. Although our instinct has become desensitise as we become more civilized it doesn’t wipe away what it is at our subconscious. In nature, animals pushed to the limits respond in two ways, fight or flight. Given a certain amount of space at which the predator…

The biological perspective is a genetic perspective which is determined by the biological propensity. The biological perspective is very closely linked with science. It studies the nervous system and genetics of genes. Scientists use tools such as MRI scans to look at how drugs, diseases and brain damage impact on our behaviour and cognitive functioning. The biological perspective can be shown in three different viewpoints… 1. People think, say, feel and do things because of chemical changes…

its major action, together with noradrenaline, is to prepare the body for fight or flight modes. Adrenaline targets various organs, mainly the Heart, Blood vessels, Smooth muscles, the eye, skeletal muscles, central nervous system and the metabolic actions. Adrenaline or epinephrine is a hormone and a neurotransmitter produced by the adrenal glands that tacks part in the sympathetic nervous system's fight or flight response to situations that are high-stress, dangerous and/or physically…

back to a few days back when Mr. Hills gave the class an ultimate warning about cellphones in class while he's teaching. His focus then diverted to Mr. Hills when he started explaining the sympathetic system and how it is also called the 'fight-or-flight' response. He then continue on describing the actions it produces until Ted could no longer keep his concentration. Suddenly,…