Self-Analysis of Personality Using the Behavioral Perspective

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Self-Analysis of Personality Using the Behavioral Perspective

The personality I would like to analyze is conflict-averse behavior. I always tend to avoid disagreement by preferring to run away from the argument that may cause conflict. Also, my character tends not to directly confront issues by working hard to avoid palaces of conflict occurrence. Avoiding conflict-related activities and arguments creates harmony by preventing long-term friendships and teammates (Hassan et al., 2021). Majorly, I tend to use the conceding strategies by allowing fellows to win the arguments and hiding opinions to create an environment of ease to deal with the outcome of the undesirable situation rather than showing the disagreement. Consequently, I use the concept of separation by leaving the arena and finally changing the subject of communication to enhance conflict avoidance. Analyzing my conflict-averse personality requires a comprehensive examination of the behavioral theory to determine why the conflict is avoided. Therefore, the paper analysis my conflict-averse personality using the behavioral theory.

How I feel in Certain Situations

I always feel annoyed when involved in a conflict, but the only means of avoiding further disagreement is by exhibiting non-assertive or passive behavior. According to behavioral theory, I ignore disputes by appeasing others (Wang et al., 2012). The non-assertive behavioral technique is based on my inability to express my thoughts and feelings due to a lack of confidence in tackling the conflict. Also, losing the conflict in the argument process creates a need to avoid further risk of engagement.

The choice I Make

Avoiding conflict is a passive behavior that enables a person to calmly avoid disagreements that may cause fights. As such, the behavioral choices I make are based on controlling my emotions. I always avoid getting hyper to make the second party feel like the winner. Consequently, I use the conflict withdrawal strategy to avoid the issue and the person involved in the conflict. The withdrawal method entails leaving the scene and becoming silent hence suitable for mitigating further engagement in inappropriate discussion and actions (Gajdos & Vergnaud, 2013). Due to the uncertainty, I always exhibit the behavioral move to remain calm after avoiding both the scene and an individual.

How I think in certain Situation

In certain situations, I do think of planning and reversing the argument. Planning and rehearsing the argument enables me to understand the course of the action and the feeling of the second and third parties toward my behavior (Wang et al., 2012). In behavioral approaches, I always think of asking for forgiveness to enable the person I have been involved with in the conflict to feel at ease. Through the person avoidance behavioral dimension, I feel focused on avoiding communication and planning to use the third party to communicate my feelings.

How I Acquired Certain Attitudes and Beliefs

According to the behavioral theory, attitudes arise from the experience that someone has acquired from the positive and negative effects of the conflict. Also, the belief arises from the societal means of resolving the conflict; for example, society always believes that the person’s behavior when conflict arises will determine the morality and the degree of bias towards the disagreement (Iyer et al., 2021). As such, I have acquired the attitude of getting injured when involved in a conflict which has made me choose conflict-averse behavior to mitigate the detriment of conflict-related activities or arguments. Moreover, the belief about the lack of the importance of creating sustainable peace even if the second party is wrong has enabled me to survive arrest in many conflicting situations. It has also created a sense of emotional control hence creating the attitude of avoiding the issue and the conflict-related individual in all life perspectives.

What I do and why I do it in Certain Situations

In some situations, I take the behavioral presence to avoid the issue but not the person involved in the conflict. Pretense entails shifting from one topic to another, enabling me to induce an interesting topic to equalize the anger generated by the argument (Wang et al., 2012). Also, I consider acting as if there was no conflict by making noncommittal remarks. The act of pretense as a behavioral mechanism creates a corporate goal rather than competitive concern towards an argument. Sometimes, I lower my aspiration to enable me to settle for less hence remaining sacrificial.

Why I feel, think, and do what I do in Certain Situations.

I always exhibit the feeling of fear, hurt, and frustration in certain situations of conflict. The frustration is based on a lack of understanding that the other conflicting party should perceive, hence peaceful conflict resolution. The feeling of fear in a certain situation also entails the negative consequence of the conflict that may lead to judicial action or body damages due to a fight. The best motive for mitigating the fear detriment is through conflict aversion. Most importantly, the feeling of frustration gets construed as an emotional response to the opposition, disappointment, and anger. According to behavioral theory, frustration results from the perceived resistance to individual fulfillment and increases upon denial of the goals (Wang et al., 2012). To avoid aggressive behavior, I minimize the level of disappointment through conflict aversion approaches.

Conclusion

Conflict-averse behavior is a behavioral mechanism of avoiding the person, conflict, and the negative outcome of the disagreement. As such, I exhibit the conflict-averse behavioral mechanism to limit my anger, disappointment, and making non-beneficial choices. The process of avoiding the conflict entails the feeling of anger, the feeling of losing the disagreements, and the need to make a comprehensive withdrawal approach to mitigate the negative outcome. However, I feel like rehearsing the disagreement and determining the dimension of avoiding communication in a certain situation. Moreover, I have acquired the attitudes and beliefs concerning the conflict aversion process. These beliefs and attitudes have enabled me to conceptualize my thoughts and acts in certain situations as a criterion for creating a conflict-averse behavioral initiative.

References

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