Friday, April 17, 2009
Chapter 6 Discussion Question #1
The pattern I think would be the most difficult to change is competitive symmetry which is when two individuals fight for the one up position. I think this pattern would be the most difficult to change because it requires one person to back down taking on a more submissive role. It is like a power struggle. I think competitive symmetry would be the most damaging to a relationship because it puts the two individuals in a constant state of fighting to feel superior over the other person. I also think that competitive symmetry would have the most potential damage to the self esteem of the individuals involved because someone would always be feeling they had lost while the other person would feel they had won.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Hi Capones Mom,
ReplyDeleteI read your blog and I have to say I completely agree. I like term “power struggle” you used to describe competitive symmetry. When both parties want the one-up position there is that constant struggle of who has the power. You wrote that competitive symmetry would have the most potential damage to the self esteem of the individual because of the feeling of submission (they lost), I didn’t agree with this but I do understand. I thought that rigid complementarity would be the most damaging but for same reason you stated competitive symmetry would be, submission. Look at the irony in that.