Respectful greetings all,
Striving both for my own interest and the (established?) higher purpose of this forum, in what ways (now?), hopefully without further "degradation?" of forum decorum, SHALL everyone (CONTROL and..) BENEFIT FROM these typical antagonistic(?) displays? [Herein lies the central curiosities of this lurker and cautious armchair amateur. ..who can only hope it deserves & captures the interest of ALL experts present, if only within a more appropriate (referred or offline?) forum..]
- What behavioral insights can be identified / reduced within this forum's current and recent posts via the existing or derived terminology of PCT (&or other theories & findings) [to which this author is yet unable to refer]?
- Are their any useful deconstructions and comparisons between the meanings of "Debate" and "Antagonism" and related social behaviors?
- Have their been any studies attempting to establish the (BOUNDARIES of any?) constructive value from "more antagonistic" behavior, presumably as it relates to known & useful personality, preferential, &or productivity profiles? [Implied: If this topic misses or fades herein, I'm asking at minimum how & where specifically might any readers (esp this neophyte, outside of any formal academic curricula) begin to find (rich?) materials for such personal research?]
- In the personal opinions of all ready & present contributors, both at your self-aware (primitive?) perceptual level and perhaps at any "higher aspirational" level you may embrace, to what extent can/do "identifiable levels of antagonism" contribute constructively to the underlying (overly trampled doormat?) "mission of academic debate"?
- To whatever extent that PCT (&or ANY theories) SUCCEED to describe "antagonistic" social systems (esp within and to the growing(?) opinion of academic cultures), how & where might the element of Self-Recognition (or the lack thereof) apply within identifiable behavior profiles?
-- ..and to open a real bait-box, to what extent could/do any such general "understandings" be directly & effectively applied within non-academic social systems, such as corporations, secondary schools, parenting principals, and need-based relationship counseling?
- Have any readers here (knowingly) participated in or contributed to any research even loosely related to this context?
- To what degree might any readers here be interested in finding, starting, or contributing to research related to this context? [I'm not such a researcher, I'm a "wannabe"; I might enjoy finding a worthy (family-providing) vocation in such -- whether & HOW at this point in my life is the overwhelming question.. :-? ]
Please pardon (& refer me as possible) if my overly(?) general & open-ended questions far exceed the scope & majority interest of this fascinating(!) forum.
..Thanks, from a bold but fairness-&-"evolution"-seeking, cow-respecting, "cooperator"-monkey dieting moderately in your "village pasture"..
Warm & (candidly) sincere regards,
:-jim Beardsley
Columbus Ohio
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