Do You Fly Or Fight? Combat Situation

This is a non-scientific survey about your thoughts, experiences, and understanding of psychological concepts. Your responses to this survey are completely anonymous. Data will be reported only in survey format and no individual responses will be revealed to your instructor or anyone else. This survey asks you about your experiences with and reactions towards stressful events, particularly those that stimulate your Autonomic Nervous System (ANS). The ANS is the part of your Peripheral Nervous System that controls involuntary muscles and bodily functions you likely don’t think about such as the workings of your heart, blood vessels, smooth muscles (e.g., liver, kidneys), and glands. The ANS is also the part of your nervous system that kicks your fight or flight response into gear when you are faced with a stressful situation in which you feel afraid. Fight or flight is a catchphrase used to describe the way we react to stressful events,

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1. What is your gender?

– Male

2. How old are you?

– 46-55

3. In general, have you EVER experienced a fight or flight moment?

– Yes

4. In general, when you have experienced a fight or flight moment, how have you responded?

– Both Fight and Flight

5. How often have you experienced Freezing/Hyper-vigilance (being watchful, on guard, hyper-alert)

– Often

6. How often have you experienced attempting to Flee (try to run away)

– Sometimes

7. How often have you experienced attempting to Fight (hit, kick, throw things, etc.)

– Often

8. How often have you experienced Fright/Tonic Immobility (frozen stiff, can’t move, deer in headlights feeling)

– Seldom

9. Which of the following bodily reactions have you had when experiencing a stressful NEGATIVE situation (such as walking alone at night, being bullied/threatened, getting lost in a new city, etc.)?

– Get goose bumps

– Palms get sweaty

– Heart beats faster

– Get an adrenaline rush

10. Which of the following bodily reactions have you had when experiencing a stressful POSITIVE situation (such as falling in love, getting married, the first day of school, etc.)?

– Get goose bumps

– Palms get sweaty

– Heart beats faster

– Get an adrenaline rush

11. Which NEGATIVE situations have prompted you to feel some type of flight or fight reaction (heart beats faster, want to flee, etc.)?

– Being in a dangerous or life-threatening situation

– Being lost or disoriented

– Protecting someone

– Combat

12. Which POSITIVE situations have prompted you to feel some type of flight or fight reaction (heart beats faster, want to flee, etc.)?

– Falling in love

– Suddenly seeing a person you have a big crush on

– Trying to have a serious conversation with a loved one (parent, spouse, child, etc.)

– Giving a speech

13. Have you EVER had a fight or flight reaction (heart beats faster, want to flee, etc.) simply because the triggering situation occurred at night? That is, you wouldn’t have had the fight or flight response if the situation happened during the daytime.

– Not Sure