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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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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.

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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.

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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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