Tend-and-befriend is a behavior exhibited by some animals, including humans, in response to threat. It refers to protection of offspring (tending) and seeking out the social group for mutual defense (befriending). In evolutionary psychology, tend-and-befriend is theorized as having evolved as the typical female response to stress, just as the primary male response was fight-or-flight. The tend-and-befriend theoretical model was originally developed by Dr. Shelley E. Taylor and her research team at the University of California, Los Angeles and first described in a Psychological Review article published in the year 2000. #loveandlove #loveforyourself #loveyourself #liveinarush #liveforyourself @izambaeva (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxClXAug1ZB/?igshid=1f5xxnbrhogs1