Question

Debra's manager publicly reprimanded her in the department meeting. during the manager's 10 minute rant, debra sat quietly. after work, she went to her best friend's house and complained about her manager for two hours. at the end of the complaint session, debra was laughing at her friend's impression of the manager's rant. debra's response to her manager's hostility is best described as:

Answer 1

Answer: C) a tend-and-befriend strategy.

Explanation:

The Tend and Befriend strategy is a relatively new theory that tries to explain another way humans respond to stress.

Recent studies have shown that women are the main proponents of this theory because while men would rather prefer a 'Fight or Flight' approach, women can reduce stress faster when going by this theory as they are more likely to nurture and tend to their offspring as well as rely on their close ones as a support system who they can lean on in hard times.

Debra was stressed by her job and went to talk to her friend about it. It could be said therefore that Debra's friend is her support system. Also notice how Debra is now laughing which shows a reduction in stress has talen place thereby confirm this theory.