"Fight or Flight'

6v) The word failure is not a simple word to define for it has such a different meaning to many people. For some people to fail is to get a bad grade on a test but is something that can be improved, and to others it’s a way of showing their not as good enough compared to other people and they let their failures define their character. The dictionary describes failure as a state or condition of not meeting a desired objective and is viewed as the opposite of success. In my own words, failure means not being able to reach a desired goal.

A new word that I discovered this week was in my psychology class. We talked about sympathetic, or the “fight or flight response”. It is one of the three major parts of the autonomic nervous system and its general action is to mobilize the system’s response stated above. It is a psychological reaction that occurs when something is either terrifying, mentally or physically. It what makes us either stay and “fight” for something, or to walk away, to “flight”, from it.

 

 

 

 

Also, a new word I discovered is parasympathetic. It is also one of the three major parts of the autonomic nervous system. It is responsible for the regulation of internal organs and glands that occur unconsciously. It’s different from the sympathetic because it slows downs the functions, instead of speeding it up. It’s a process that slows your heart rate and lets the body return to its normal state. It calms, rest, and digests the body.

 

Failure Definition

Sympathetic Definition

Parasympathetic Definition