Answer:
The tend and befriend response
Step-by-step explanation:
The word "tend" refers to care and look after someone while "befriend" refers to becoming friends with someone.
The tend and befriend response refers to a form of behavior in response to a threat. When under immense stress, an individual adopts a fight or flight response which is getting extremely aggressive in order to fight the situation or flees i.e tries and runs away from the situation.
The tend and befriend response has been observed to be more prominent in case of females. So when subjected to immense stress, it was observed that females spent a lot more time "tending" to their off springs which appeared vulnerable to them, serving as a mode to reduce stress while at the same time, also forming friendly bonds to seek support from others.