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The fight-or-flight or the fight-flight-freeze-or-fawn [1] (also called hyperarousal or the acute stress response) is a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival. [2] It was first described by Walter Bradford Cannon in 1915.
In evolutionary psychology, people often speak of the four Fs which are said to be the four basic and most primal drives (motivations or instincts) that animals (including humans) are evolutionarily adapted to have, follow, and achieve: fighting, fleeing, feeding and fucking (a more polite synonym is the word "mating").
Freezing behavior, also called the freeze response or being petrified, is a reaction to specific stimuli, most commonly observed in prey animals, including humans. [1] [2] When a prey animal has been caught and completely overcome by the predator, it may respond by "freezing up/petrification" or in other words by uncontrollably becoming rigid or limp.
A common misunderstanding can be that FFS is a measure of one's reaction to lean more towards fighting or to lean more towards fleeing in response to perceived threats; [20] however, FFS is a measure of one's intensity to respond with either fight or flight behavior, as opposed to reacting not so acutely to perceived threats. [20]
The fight-or-flight response is a biological response of humans and other animals to acute stressors. Fight or Flight may also refer to: Fight or Flight, a documentary film; Fight or Flight (2025 film), a British action film; Fight or Flight, a 1996 book documenting battles from the soldier's perspective by military historian Geoffrey Regan
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WP:MEDMOS#Sections includes an "Other animals" section. Like the Sexual differentiation article, the Fight-or-flight response article could use a heading style to indicate what section is about humans and what section is about non-human animals. With this edit, you moved the title from Fight-or-flight response to Fight-or-flight response (in ...
The biopsychological theory of personality is a model of the general biological processes relevant for human psychology, behavior, and personality. The model, proposed by research psychologist Jeffrey Alan Gray in 1970, is well-supported by subsequent research and has general acceptance among professionals.