The tending instinct
Subtitle: how nurturing is essential for who we are and how we live
By: Shelley E. Taylor.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Times Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 290
Subjects: Sociobiology; Sex differences; Nurturing behavior; Stress (Psychology)
Description: "Psychologist Shelley E. Taylor didn't know there were any big mistakes left in science, until she learned that the classic theories of stress - most notibly the "fight or flight" response - were based almost entirely on studies that involved only male subjects. In setting out to discover how women respond to stress, Taylor and her colleagues revealed a profound truth that revolutionizes our understanding of human behavior: we are biologically programmed to care for one another."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 238-280) and index.
Table of contents: title: The; title: power of tending -- -- The; title: origins of tending -- -- The; title: tending brain --; title: Good and bad tending -- -- A; title: little help from friends and strangers --; title: Women befriending --; title: Tending in marriage --; title: Men's groups --; title: Where altruism may reside -- -- The; title: social context of tending -- -- The; title: tending society.