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Field test

Field test is defined as a test of physical performance performed in the field or natural setting/environment, that is outside the laboratory ).

Field theory

Field theory refers to the branch of Physics that studies how energy distributes itself within physical systems. In some systems, such as the solar system, energy can distribute itself freely. In other systems such as an electric circuit, energy must pass through wires, condensers, resistors, and so forth. However, in either type of system, energy will always distribute itself in the simplest, most symmetrical way possible under the circumstances. According to the Gestaltists, the brain is a physical system whose activity could be understood in terms of Field theory.

Fight or Flight

Deutsch: Kampf-oder-Flucht / Español: Lucha o huida / Português: Luta ou fuga / Français: Combat ou fuite / Italian: Combatti o fuggi

Fight or Flight in the psychology context refers to the acute stress response mechanism that prepares the body to either confront or escape a perceived threat. This physiological reaction is an automatic response to a situation perceived as harmful or threatening to survival.

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Fight or flight syndrome

Fight or flight syndrome refers to a response to stress that involves aggressing against others (fight) or running away (flight)

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Fight-or-Flight response

Fight-or-Flight response refers to physiological changes in the human body that occur in response to a perceived threat, including the secretion of glucose, endorphins, and hormones as well as the elevation of heart rate, metabolism, blood pressure, breathing, and muscle tension. It is a physiological reaction to threat that mobilizes an organism for attacking (fight) or fleeing (flight) an enemy. Moreover, Fight-or-Flight response is a response to threat in which the body is rapidly aroused and motivated via the sympathetic nervous system and the endocrine system to attack or flee a threatening stimulus; the response was first described by Walter Cannon in 1932.

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Fight-or-Flight theory

Fight-or-Flight theory refers to Walter Cannon ’s theory of stress hypothesizing that organism’s respond to stressful events with a nervous system activation that prepares them to actively engage the stressor. The body essentially is energized to either fight the stressor or flee; Cannon’s theory of stress explaining physiological responses in our body

Fight/flight response

fight/flight response refers to the immediate reaction to perceived danger or threat whereby efforts are directed toward protecting against potential harm, either by confronting the source of danger (fight), or by escaping from the situation (flight).

Fight/Flight system (FFS)

- Fight/Flight system (FFS) : Fight/Flight system (FFS) refers to brain circuit in animals that when stimulated causes an immediate alarm-and-escape response resembling human panic

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