DT

• Point


  Fight/flight response does not always explain effects of chronic stress
• E + E

  Levine (1997) highlighted the ‘freeze response’ to extreme stress, caused by activation of the parasympathetic NS.

  Freezing is a defense mechanism characterised by a reduced heart rate and dissociation from the immediate environment.

  Defensive Freezing often occurs when an individual is exposed to extreme threat (e.g. trauma), or when fight/flight is not viable.

  • This suggests humans are not limited to the fight or flight response to stress.

  ∴ Fight/Flight response lacks understanding, further research needed.