Question

During a stressful round of auditions, anxious actors engage in small talk in the waiting room to calm their nerves and gain reassurance. This behavior exemplifies the _____ response to stress; it is MOST common among _____.

Answer 1

Answer

D. tend-and-befriend; women

Explanation

It refers to protection from offspring (tending) and seeking out the mutual defense obtained from a social group (befriending). Typically, psychology suggests that this has evolved from female responses to stress. In this case, initiating small talks in a waiting room is a way of calming nerves and gaining reassurance by utilizing the social interaction.

Answer 2

Answer:

The answer would be Tend and befriend, and Women.

Explanation:

Tend and befriend is a psychological concept which is exhibited by animals as well as humans. If they are in a situation of threat, they protect their offspring and seek out the social group for mutual defense.

So in this example, when all actors are in a same situation, they are anxious and are in a state of stress, then they exhibit tend and befriend concept of psychology. Such type of behavior is common in women because women are more prompt to stress. They usually lose their nerves when are in threat situations. So they try to overcome this threat situation by seeking for the mutual defense mechanism.