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Do you think that our fight or flight can have remnants of territorial behavior woven in it? By this I mean, when we are usually threatened to the point of fight or flight we are usually protecting something or someone. I had a boy try to protect his brother at school today by trying to jump the boy in the hallway with other friends with him. He was fighting to protect what was his (his brother) and him being territorial along with protecting what was his brought this whole thing to a head in the hallway of the school today. What are your thoughts on this?

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This solution discusses the fight or flight response versus the territory when aggression is expressed. The explanation is given in 177 words.

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The human fight or flight response usually kicks in when we feel threatened at that moment, which means, if one child is picking on another child, the child being picked on will have the fight or flight response to either get ready to fight and become ...

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