Endocrine and fight or flight response

What is the endocrine system

Network of gland that works by releasing hormones into the blood stream

What are 2 parts of the adrenal gland

Adrenal cortex

Adrenal medulla

What does the adrenal cortex release

Cortisol

What does the adrenal medulla release

Adrenaline

What does the pituitary gland do

Received electrical impulses from the brain then secretes target hormone to a different gland to send info to the other gland by releasing ACT

What is the endocrine system

Hypothalamus sends signal to pituitary gland

Pituitary secrete target hormone

Target gland secretes its own hormone

Hypothalamus and pituitary gland stop when they detect target hormone in the blood stream

Describe the fight or flight response

Stimuli sends electrical signal to the hypothalamus about a stressful situation

Hypothalamus activated the sympathetic NS

The SNS activate the adrenal medulla which release adrenaline

What are the 7 thing that happen when you enter fight or flight

Muscle tense

Pupils dilate

Decrease salvation

Decrease digestion

Increase sweat production

Increase heart rate

Increase breathing

What are limitations of F or F response

Most research conducted were on males therefore lacks population validity and Connor be generalised to the Pop

Individual differences- people react differently to just F or F for example some people freeze-Garry 1988

What is a strength

That it has support from Charles Darwin theory of evolution- natural selection- However due to not being used much in the modern day it instead has consequences on our health