Psychologists Have Emphasized That People Experience the Fight-Or-Flight Response More

question 29

Multiple Choice

Psychologists have emphasized that people experience the fight-or-flight response more than the tend-and-befriend response because

• A) the former has greater adaptive value.
• B) the research has largely been done with males.
• C) research supports the former but not the latter.
• D) avoidance responses are more important to survival than are approach responses.

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