STIMULUS RESPONSE

By Jack Hisgrove

You are walking home alone one night lost in your thoughts
thinking about how lucky you are to have the amazing, witty and
insightful teachers at year 9 Campus and as you pass a house
with a high fence a large dog jumps up against the fence
barking loudly and gives you quite a scare, to put it mildly.

SCENARIO ONE

Running

Screaming

Looking around you

Self Defence

REACTIONS - VOLUNTARY

Heart rate increase

Shaking

Dry mouth

Bladder relaxation

Dilated pupils

Slowed digestion

Tunnel vision

Flushed face

Hearing loss

REACTIONS - INVOLUNTARY

1. The brain processes the signal: the amygdale

2. The brain also processes the signal: the hypothalamus

3. Pituitary gland processes a hormone known as ACTH

4. Heart rate/Dilated Pupils

5. Flushed face

6. Shacking

7. Hearing Loss

8. Bladder relaxation

9. Slowed digestion

LIST FROM 1-9 REACTIONS

You wake in the middle of night to get a glass of water, however

your brother who is also awake decides to hide in the darkness of
the kitchen and when you least expect it, he jumps out and
scares you

SCENARIO TWO

Shaking

Flushed face

Heart rate increase

Bladder relaxation

Hearing loss

RESPONSES