Question

All of the following are common physical changes that accompany a fight-or-flight response except __________.
A.
increasing heart rate
B.
increasing respiratory rate
C.
decreasing body temperature
D.
hormone release

Answer 1

C. decreasing body temperature

Fight-or-flight activates the sympathetic nervous system and adrenal hormones, increasing heart rate and respiratory rate and releasing hormones (epinephrine/norepinephrine). Body temperature typically rises (or sweating occurs), not decreases.