What Is the Fight-Or-Flight Response

question 20

Multiple Choice

What is the fight-or-flight response

• A) a coping reaction to threat involving the parasympathetic nervous system 
• B) a physiological reaction to threat involving the autonomic nervous system 
• C) an emotional reaction to threat involving the central nervous system 
• D) a behavioural reaction to threat involving the somatic nervous system

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