Desi and Consuela are arguing about how to spend the tax refund they received. He says they should get the car fixed; she says t
hey should first go on a vacation; he then suggests they fix the car and use any money left to vacation; she suggests they sell the car and be rid of the problem. Desi and Consuela are engaging in which pattern of unproductive conflict? A) excessive metacommunication
B) kitchen-sinking
C) counterproposals
D) cross-complaining
E) self-summarizing
A counter proposal conflict is a conflict whereby there is a clash of interest among two or more parties with a varying cause which is normally societal and important whereby the point of agreement is yet to be attained. When the counterproposal conflict is between groups, the course of the conflict is normally set.
