A fight-or-flight response is helpful to humans because it
A) helps a person physically prepare to deal with danger.
B) causes a person to seek out social support.
C) helps a person determine whether stimuli are threatening or irrelevant.
D) supports a person in dealing with chronic stress.

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The fight-or-flight response is a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival. It helps a person physically prepare to either fight the danger or flee from it, by increasing heart rate, blood flow to muscles, and releasing energy stores, among other effects. Choices B, C, and D describe different processes not directly related to the immediate physical preparation for dealing with danger.

A Fight-Or-Flight Response Is Helpful to Humans Because It