Below are four evaluative statements about the physiological fight-or-flight response to stress. Which statement is TRUE?
It represents a highly adaptive strategy for coping with chronic, modern-day psychological stressors.
It is free from gender bias as early physiological research utilized equal samples of males and females.
It may be an incomplete explanation of the initial behavioral response, because humans and other animals often 'freeze' first to assess danger.
It is mediated solely by the slow-acting hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis.
11 exam-style questions on AQA A Level Psychology Fight or flight response. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.