List the 4 Types of Reactions to Stress or Danger

question 81

Essay

List the 4 types of reactions to stress or danger and show how that each can be appropriate in different situations.

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Definitions:

Avoidance

A coping mechanism involving the action of staying away from certain situations, activities, or people to prevent discomfort or anxiety.

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a previously extinguished conditioned response after a period of no exposure to the conditioned stimulus.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A form of learning where a stimulus is paired with a previously conditioned stimulus, causing the new stimulus to elicit the conditioned response without a direct association.

Extinction

In psychology, the process through which a conditioned response diminishes and eventually disappears as a result of the conditioned stimulus being presented without the unconditioned stimulus.