Alistair's friend Ivana is going to go to a baseball game tonight and she has asked him to go along.He wants to go, but also wants to stay home and relax after a difficult week at work.He feels torn in two directions and wants to do the game AND wants to stay home.This is an example of which of the following?

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Dialectical tension is the experience of being pulled between two opposing desires or needs. In this scenario, Alistair wants to do two conflicting things - go to the game and stay home - causing him to experience a dialectical tension. Gunny-sacking refers to holding onto grievances and bringing them up all at once, flaming refers to online hostility, and disinhibition effect refers to the phenomenon where people behave more impulsively in online communication due to the anonymity and distance of the interaction. None of these apply to Alistair's situation.

Alistair's Friend Ivana Is Going to Go to a Baseball