Conflict Can Have Both Positive and Negative Effects

question 13

Essay

Conflict can have both positive and negative effects. Discuss two positive and two negative effects of conflict, based on the book and your personal experiences.

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Definitions:

Displacement

In psychology, displacement is a defense mechanism where a person redirects a negative emotion from its original source to a safer, substitute target.

Projection

A defense mechanism where individuals attribute their own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, and motives to another person.

Displacement

A defense mechanism where an individual shifts emotional impulses from an undesirable object or person to a more acceptable one.

Regression

A statistical method used to model the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.