Hi, I have a question regarding biological stress response (excluding GAS)
Is the sympathetic adreno - medullary system or the HPA axis relevant to the current SD? Are they different or relatively the same thing? I keep getting confused between the two
Also, is cortisol part of the flight-fight-freeze response?
Thanks
For the secondary appraisal stage of Lazarus and Folkmans;
Do we need to know the diff. types of coping strategies? Internal, external. (Basically, in a question regarding Laz and Folk will we need toa address these?
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HPA stands for hypothalamic pituitary adrenal and the HPA axis results in the release of cortisol
SAM stands for sympathetic adreno medullarly and the SAM pathway results in FFF
neither are explicitly mentioned in the study design and I doubt they are examinable. However, they are connected to knowledge that's in the study design so if relevant to a 10-marker question I would bring it up to demonstrate your depth of knowledge.
FFF is basically instant whereas cortisol takes seconds to minutes to activate and is used for longer-term stressors.
eg. if someone jumps out at you and you get a fright but very quickly realise it's your friend, FFF will be activated but cortisol won't be
It really depends on what the question is. Not all L&F questions require it but some do
I hope that this helps, and welcome to AN!