ABSTRACT
The previous chapter dealt with the preconceptions people have, or should have, about arguing. Those frames both reflect and predict the emotional orientation people experience when anticipating an argument and may lead to a self-sustaining climate for the interaction. People’s goals, the degree to which they integrate their own ambitions with those of the cointeractant, and the quality of their reflections on arguing, all conspire to direct a person’s attention and energy while arguing.
