Thursday, 14 November 2013

Response writing 1: fight-or-flight syndrome. Quest 2, p. 234, ex. A.

In her thinking ahead exercise to the general interest reading of chapter 8, Hartmann asks us to discuss some topics that are relevant to the reading "The New Science of Mind and Body" (2007, p. 234, ex. A). We are instead going to do this as a series of response writing exercises.

Response write on the following prompt:
  • 1. Imagine that you are walking alone down a dark street, late at night, in a bad neighbourhood. Nobody is around. Suddenly you hear footsteps behind you, and you are certain taht someone is going to attack you. At this point, you will probably experience the fight-or-flight syndrome. How does your fear affect your body? How do you react to your fear? 
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Reference
Hartmann, P. (2007). Quest 2 Reading and Writing (2nd ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.
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8 comments:

  1. Unknown14 November 2013 at 15:05

    Fight-or flight, these word appear in our thought when we face a hard situation.

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  2. Unknown14 November 2013 at 15:05

    Feeling fear can increases more stress and heart beats,so your body will more awake and more stronger than general moment. Because fear stimulates the chemical name Adrenaline.

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    1. Peter.AUA14 November 2013 at 15:12

      This reminds me of the scene in the first Twilight film, where Edward saves Bella's life the first time, this time by preventing recklessly driven van that is skidding on the wet Fork's carpark in front of the local high school from crushing Bella.

      Being a vampire, I'm not sure that Edward really experienced the fight-or-flight syndrome, but the sudden release of adrenalin, a lie in Edward's case (I'm sure vampires don't have adrenaline, or do they?), is his explanation for Bella of how he could so very, very quickly get from the other side of the carpark in time to display the amazing strength that stopped a van from squashing them both to death.

      Bella, naturally, wanted an explanation, and she wasn't very convinced by Edward's story of adrenaline.

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    2. Katie14 November 2013 at 15:24

      Oh, it reminds me the green monster Hulk who transform into a big muscular guy when he faces dangerous situation. In the movie, he is the strongest man among the super heroes. I guess the injection he tested himself might have adrenaline as an important ingredients.

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  3. Unknown14 November 2013 at 15:40

    Fear is a negative thought that will make you unhappy.I think we should dare to face our fear instead of hiding from troubles. We should be confident to decide what to do.

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  4. Unknown15 November 2013 at 15:42

    Fear is a human nature.When we confront this feeling it can disturb our mind and our body.In Buddish believed that we can reduce our fear by practice a meditatation in order to be awareness deep into your mind.When we are control our mind we can control our fear.

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    1. tip15 November 2013 at 21:47

      Everyone have a different fear and try to avoid it, because fear can destroy your mind and reduce your confident. For me, I will concentrate my mind and walk very fast to past this area.

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  5. tip15 November 2013 at 22:02

    I think, everyone have a different fear and try to avoid it, because fear can destroy your mind and body especially can reduce your confident. For me, I will concentrate me mind and walk very fast to past the area and I try to forget this fear because fear is bad thing for healthy.

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