AP Psychology Student's definitions

the four F's

four functions regulated by the hypothalamus:
-fighting
-fleeing
-feeding
-mating

"The hypothalamus plays a major role in the regulation of basic drives related to survival, including the so-called "four F's":fighting, fleeing, feeding, and mating."
--Wayne Weiten's textbook Psychology: Themes and Variations

How are fighting, fleeing, feeding, and mating the four F's? ...wait...ohhhh...

by AP Psychology Student February 12, 2008