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A student sits an exam and is asked to fight off a large dog. Explain the role of the sympathetic nervous system in the student's physiological response.
Psychology · Unit 3 · The Stress Response · Short Answer
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Your response
The sympathetic nervous system activates the fight-or-flight response, so the student's heart rate and breathing speed up to give them energy. Adrenaline is released which makes them feel alert and ready to react to the dog.
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What earned marks
You correctly identified that the sympathetic nervous system triggers the fight-or-flight response.
You linked increased heart rate, faster breathing and adrenaline release to preparing the body for action — the key physiological changes the question is after.
Ways to gain more marks
The response names adrenaline but does not link it to the adrenal glands and the release of cortisol, which the question requires to explain how the response is sustained.
It describes the changes but does not connect them to the scenario — say how each change would actually help the student fight off the dog.
Exam strategy
For a 3-mark “explain” question, aim for three distinct linked ideas. A quick habit: name the structure, state what it does, then tie it back to the scenario. Here that third link — back to fighting off the dog — is the mark you left on the table.
Learn the concept
The sympathetic nervous system is a branch of the autonomic nervous system. When a stressor is perceived, it activates the fight-or-flight response: the adrenal glands release adrenaline and noradrenaline, raising heart rate, redirecting blood to the muscles and dilating the airways so the body can respond quickly to a threat.
Next step
Try one more stress-response question and make sure every physiological change you name is tied back to the scenario in the question. That single habit turns 2/3 answers into 3/3.
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Biology
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Unit 4 Outcome 3 | SAC-style question
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Health and Human Development
Unit 3 Outcome 2 | SAC-style question
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Units 3 and 4 | exam-style question
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Which management strategy would most effectively reduce waste while maintaining output quality during the change process?
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Chemistry
Units 3 and 4 | exam-style question
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When temperature increases in this endothermic reaction, which equilibrium shift best explains the new concentration pattern?
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Physical Education
Unit 4 Outcome 1 | SAC-style question
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General Mathematics
Units 3 and 4 | exam-style question
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Legal Studies
Units 3 and 4 | exam-style question
Legal principles and case application
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