AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The fight-or-flight response, also known as the acute stress response, refers to the physiological reaction that occurs when in the presence of something mentally or physically terrifying.

Detailed explanation-2: -A stressful situation, whether environmental or psychological, can activate a cascade of stress hormones that produce physiological changes. Activation of the sympathetic nervous system in this manner triggers an acute stress response called the “fight or flight” response.

Detailed explanation-3: -The stress response, or “fight or flight” response is the emergency reaction system of the body. It is there to keep you safe in emergencies.

Detailed explanation-4: -The fight or flight response is a “response to an acute threat to survival that is marked by physical changes, including nervous and endocrine changes, that prepare a human or an animal to react or to retreat” (Britannica, 2019). In other words, it is what our body does when encountering a threat.