Win-Win Orientation
If you scored low in this attribute, you probably use a win-lose style of conflict resolution and problem solving. This is especially true if you are a competitive person. Competitive conflict resolution and problem-solving techniques, by their very nature, are designed to help one side meet its needs. In a partnership, this is destructive behavior. If you scored high in this attribute, you are more likely to use a winwin style for conflict resolution and problem solving. People with this style generally have a higher ability to trust and feel more comfortable being interdependent with others.
Ability to Trust
If you scored low in this attribute, you tend to have a low ability to trust that people will do what they promise. Certain people do condition us to expect the worst of them. But when we get caught up in that kind of thinking, a series of cascading events can actually set up the expected disappointment. People who have a low ability to trust also tend to have a high need for independence, rely on a past orientation in their decision-making style, and use a win-lose style of conflict resolution and problem solving. If you scored high in this attribute, you generally trust that people will do what they say. In turn you may tend to use a future-oriented decision-making style, be comfortable with interdependence, and be predisposed to using a win-win style of conflict resolution and problem solving.
