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Conflict: the result of one person interfering with another person"s ability to pursue his or her goals. In intimate relationships , couples experience conflict when one partner"s pursuit ofgoals interferes with that of the other partner. Because people have many goals and because intimate partners those goals, conflict is inevitable rely heavily upon each other to meet. Partners respond to conflict in various ways , from cooperation and compromise to disagreement and division to avoidance and disengagement. Understanding choices partners make while discussing disagreements has dominated research on intimate relationships. Many couples seek counseling for poor communication and unresolved conflicts research on couple conflict resulted from increasing divorce. Initat observational rates following wwii and increase in couples seeking relationship counseling. Intimate partners can unknowingly teach each other how to communicate poorly and need to learn new ways to overcome their bad communication habits. Coding system : several schemes researchers use for classifying observed behaviors.
