The Fight-Or-Flight Response

question 48

Multiple Choice

The fight-or-flight response

• A) is never adaptive.
• B) involves arousal of the parasympathetic nervous system and the endocrine system.
• C) involves arousal of the sympathetic nervous system and the endocrine system.
• D) is subject to large individual differences.
• E) is more common in women than men.

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