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A discussion of intrapersonal conflicts arising from competitions among incompatible tendencies to act, based on the assumption that ambivalent & unambivalent behavior are not diff in kind but fall at diff points on the same continuum. 3 assumptions re prediction of conflict resolutions are presented: (1) the 2 tendencies summate algebraically, (2) one tendency does not weaken the alternative response will be elicited by the stimulus, & (3) the 2 tendencies, in competing with each other, generate an emotional state having certain of the functional properties of drives, & thus behavior will be determined by new variables. The variables affecting the strengths of competitiory tendencies are considered with respect to the 3 major groups of conflicts: spatial, discrimination-induced, & temporal conflicts. A brief review is then offered of the attempts made to extend this type of conflict theory to the behavior of individuals in soc situations. I. Taviss.