fight or flight

• the fight or flight response is important for our survival as animals. it keeps us safe when faced with a stressor and allows us to react quickly to dangerous stimuli; it prepares our body physically
• SAM pathway

  acute stress detected -> amygdala -> hypothalamus -> SNS -> adrenal medulla -> adrenaline and noradrenaline -> fight or flight -> physiological reactions
• strength of FoF

  supporting evidence from Tyrell and Baxter found those who cannot produce stress hormones have to be given additional quantities of these to survive
• weakness of FoF

  gender differences

  taylor et al suggested females tend to befriend
• weakness of FoF

  maladaptive. stressors of everyday life rarely requires such levels of physical activity, may cause depletion of immune system