{"product_id":"the-tending-instinct-how-nurturing-is-essential-to-who-we-are-and-how-we-live","title":"The Tending Instinct: How Nurturing is Essential to Who We Are and How We Live","description":"\u003cp\u003eA groundbreaking work that reveals how the instinct to \"tend and befriend\" is vital for human society.  In times of crisis and upheaval  our responses to stress become especially important. We have long heard about the \"fight or flight\" response  but renowned psychologist Shelley E. Taylor points out that hardwired in females -- both humans and those of other species -- is an instinct that can transcend \"fight or flight.\" Their \"tend and befriend\" response is not only demonstrable but  as Taylor deftly explains in this eye-opening work  a key ingredient in human social life.  With great skill and insight  Taylor examines stress  relationships  and human society through the special lens of womens biology. She draws on genetics  evolutionary psychology  physiology  and neuroscience to show how this tending process begins virtually at the moment of conception and literally crafts the biology of offspring through genes that rely on caregiving for their expression. Taylor also examines what drives women to seek each others company  and to tend to the young and the infirm -- acts that greatly benefit the group but often at great cost to the individual.  In the tradition of works such as Daniel Golemans Emotional Intelligence and Steven Pinkers The Language Instinct  Taylors book will forever change the way we view ourselves  and will revolutionize our understanding of the role of women and nurturing in maintaining a stable society.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966177374261,"sku":"ByrdShop_0805068376","price":24.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780805068375.jpg?v=1770556398","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-tending-instinct-how-nurturing-is-essential-to-who-we-are-and-how-we-live","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}