
Glossary
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feel-reactive
(adj.) - opposite of need-responsive. Putting more of an emphasis on trying to ease the discomfort of needs evoked by a situation than identifying or addressing such needs. Applies an undisciplined approach: more normative than descriptive. Insists on responding immediately to ease feelings instead of carefully describing all that is honestly there that could impact the needs prompting those feelings. Exists as the oppositive of need-responsive.
friction
(n.) Anything going against the full resolution of any need. Also referred to as resolution resistance. E.g., limited to drinking impure water; finding no one to offer encouragement while facing a personal struggle; dismissiveness of felons complaining of contributing external factors to their poor choices; politicians offering policy options that ignore the needs of many in their constituency; and war that invokes violence to serve the preferences of the winning side against the losing side.