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If you become hyper-defensive, you would block out useful information... your affect would cloud your ability to absorb it.
I think a discussion is always object-oriented, for this reason the objective is achieved one way or another or else the discussion fails to achieve closure. So it is a win-or-lose situation.
If we look at conversation, well, that's different. It could be about anything and serve any purpose. Often the purpose would be to gain rapport or to promote a certain self-image; this would be true in the case of placing value one the receiver. If this value was absent, a conversation may be an investigation into the receiver's potential value or out of a need for self-validation such as an appearance of being social.
If you become hyper-defensive, you would block out useful information... your affect would cloud your ability to absorb it.
I think a discussion is always object-oriented, for this reason the objective is achieved one way or another or else the discussion fails to achieve closure. So it is a win-or-lose situation.
If we look at conversation, well, that's different. It could be about anything and serve any purpose. Often the purpose would be to gain rapport or to promote a certain self-image; this would be true in the case of placing value one the receiver. If this value was absent, a conversation may be an investigation into the receiver's potential value or out of a need for self-validation such as an appearance of being social.
