Sentences with phrase «perceived threat»

When feelings of jealousy take hold, a motivational force is stirred within us to re-establish a greater sense of relationship security by correcting or undoing the perceived threat.

Positive self - esteem and self - confidence can buffer stress by mitigating the perceived threat and by enhancing the selection and implementation of efficacious coping strategies.

Healthcare issues are always at the top of voters» minds during election campaigns and never more so than when there is a perceived threat to Medicare.

We balk at any perceived threat, highly aware and protective of our rights to be ourselves and follow our dreams.

Number 19 «Insecure attachment and real vs. perceived threat in relationships» Dr. Geoff MacDonald at the University of Toronto discusses how insecurely attached individuals, compared to the securely attached, perceive potential close relationships as socially threatening vs. rewarding.

You can reduce the perceived threat by:

A series of studies have identified a number of facets of parenting that may contribute to a «protective» approach to parenting in difficult circumstances that may reduce perceived threat and adversity for youth (Brody et al., 1994, 2002, 2004; Brody and Flor, 1998; Wills et al., 2000, 2003; Gibbons et al., 2004).

One task of healing is to distinguish a perceived threat from real threat in order to feel safe.»

Sanford studied more than 3,500 married couples and found that a partner's perceived threat of not having control over a situation is one of the top reasons for conflict.

When your partner senses your accusatory or frustrated tone, his / her brain then detects danger and goes into a flight - fight mode to defend against a perceived threat.

From this perspective, social adversity and perceived threat in childhood should upregulate the innate immune system, a system that provides immediate defense against infection, and enhance pro-inflammatory response tendencies as a way to prepare for potential impending tissue damage and infection.

They get psychologically and physiologically upset when there is a real or perceived threat to the connection (i.e., their partner didn't call when they said they would, their partner was preoccupied with matters from work rather than attending to them).

Clearly, it's a warning to some perceived threat, and that can only be Microsoft and Qualcomm.

While the SEC has bared its teeth where it perceived a threat to investors, it has not demonstrated aggression toward the industry as a whole.

So no, I don't think it's from a perceived threat of any of the altcoins.»

Primarily concerned with ending multiculturalism (and particularly the perceived threat of Islam), Britain First has become known for its hateful «Christian patrols» which they use to harass and intimidate Muslims.

I'd suspect he'd add other eastern religions to the mix if they had a large enough following to be a perceived threat to his Christo - Judaic worldview.

Second, increases in the number of people working flexibly could pose a perceived threat to those who work full time, or have less experience.

Sometimes animals become more aggressive in attempts to guard their owners, even if the threat is only a perceived threat.

Brexit, or rather the perceived threat of Brexit, is accelerating the use of contract staff by law firms.

Whether this perceived threat was a fair or realistic is not actionable under Title VII or the Iowa Civil Rights Act, which do not engage in general unfairness in the absence of discrimination.

The victim may have been threatened or have a perceived threat of retaliation.

Efforts to protect the United States from the perceived threat of Communist subversion were particularly enabled by several federal laws.

««The minute that perceived threat exceeds perceived efficacy [the ability to effectively respond], then people begin to control their fear instead of the danger and they reject the message,» she says in The Use of Fear Appeals...» — Kim Witte

Why is there a perceived threat?

The recurring structure of the script leads from a declaration of peaceful intentions through the urgency of a perceived threat necessitating war to the proclamation of imminent victory.

As MacConnel states, «military buildup to it (war) is based on a perceived threat, something that is real or built up to seem real: hence air business.»

This time the hotel industry will lobby the Trump administration over the perceived threat of Priceline and Expedia.

Despite grumbling about a perceived threat from Airbnb, the hotel industry managed to post record revenues and profits for 2016.

Chaining or tethering also can result in increased aggression and barking at any perceived threat.

A perceived threat causes various physiological responses which were once essential to survival as the fight / flight / feed / breed response.

That said, fear and anxiety do differ: fear triggers an immediate response to a perceived threat while anxiety is the anticipation of a perceived threat.

I think the issue is when a dog bite is unpredictable / unanticipated and usually triggered by protective behavior, a perceived threat, or some other behavior that triggers an attack.

Severity varies from growling to snarling, lunging and biting; generally the higher quality the food the more severe the aggressive response to a real or perceived threat.

Desensitizing Your Leash Reactive Dog Desensitizing your dog to a perceived threat, such as an approaching dog, may happen very quickly, or it might take a period of time.

Dogs feel naturally protective of their only territory; when confronted with a perceived threat, they respond according to their fight - or - flight instinct.

Appeasement behaviors include holding the ears back, tucking the tail, crouching or rolling over on the back, avoiding eye contact or turning the body sideways to the perceived threat.

Fear is a strong emotional response to a perceived threat.

A submissive dog crouches in a low position, then rolls on his back and performs submissive urination to appease the perceived threat.

If It's Territorial Barking or Alarm Barking Territorial behavior is often motivated by both fear and anticipation of a perceived threat.

Reported aberrant behaviors included the dog submerging its entire head when drinking, sound and touch sensitivity, shyness of doors or other barriers, exaggerated flight distance, and shyness to an approaching perceived threat.

Interestingly, when dogs are faced with a perceived threat, they don't necessarily go into fight or flight, they may also have a plan C, a plan D, and a plan E. Basically, the fight and flight response can be extended by adding the freeze, faint and fool around response.

But while this instinctual fear response can quickly dissipate after the perceived threat goes away, behavioral problems associated with anxiety can appear without warning and may linger on hours after whatever event triggered the...

Unfortunately, dog licensing didn't confer any beneficial «status» on canines: it was and is a tool for protecting livestock, enforcing rabies laws, and ridding the public streets of the perceived threat posed by unowned, free - roaming dogs.

Barking signifies play, excitement and fear and is your dog's only mode of alerting his pack to a perceived threat.

They are truly a dog that is a marshmallow in the sense that theyll physically spend their time hugging / licking you, but in a split second will turn to a devil when a perceived threat arises.

Dogs feel naturally protective of their territory; when confronted with a perceived threat, they respond according to their fight - or - flight instinct.

We'll never understand all of the nuances of canine communication, so expecting your dog to utilise a feature of their communication on command in response to a perceived threat from another dog, is rather unfair.

Physiologically, anxiety is a multi-system response to a perceived threat or danger, causing a state of uneasiness and apprehension.

Managing hay fever symptoms requires avoidance of the offending substance and medication to stop the body's immune response to the perceived threat.