Argumentativeness

An attitude characterized by the tendency to emphasize differences in an exchange of communication between two or more people. Situations in which argumentativeness can be provoked include miscommunications over intended meanings and confusion over relayed information between the parties involved, in formal or informal contexts.

Conflict management strategies can be employed to work through the divergence, either in work or personal situations. Interpersonal communication models of conflict resolution focus on exploring the influences of gender, race, and class on the argumentative individual as well as the situational components that have [Page 29]contributed to the argumentativeness mode. These tactics seek to achieve negotiation and positive decision making from the parties in conflict.

Argumentativeness is generally considered to be a negative mode of communication that is aggressive and generally verbal (rather than nonverbal behavior).