Question

The ________ response to stress is especially characteristic of females, related to the release of the stress hormone, oxytocin, and may be necessary in the protection of offspring. awe-and-shock tend-and-befriend divide-and-conquer fight-or-flight

Answer 1

The correct answer is "tend-and-befriend". 

This is a characteristic for females, especially female mammals, that in the event of stress, stress hormones and oxytocin are released having the females to "tend" or protect their offsprings and "befriend" other animals for mutual defense against the stressors.