What Is Evidence Of Interpersonal Conflict In The Show Scandal

In the show Scandal, there are many occasions in where there is evidence of Interpersonal Conflict. I have watched a lot of episodes of Scandal and in the episode that I chose to watch for this, “Gladiators Don’t Run” in Season 4 it touched on a few conflicts that were very easy to catch after reading the material. In Chapter 8, we read about extending social support to another and how that can backfire and make things worse if the person in need does not view it as being helpful or sees it as a form of over support (Bevan, Sole, 2014). There are two cases in particular that I would like to discuss in this essay. Many conflicts arise during each episode between multiple individuals. The conflicts involve a variety of different scenarios between Olivia Pope who is the former White House Press Secretary and suspected/known lover of the sitting president and her team as well as White House Officials. Olivia Pope has a very long history of working in the White House …show more content…
She blamed characters and only looked at the situation through herself. Throughout our life we interact with those that we are concerned for or admire with an enormous amount whether they may be friends, family, or even colleagues. When we converse with them we tend to disguise the actuality that we might not be aware of the other person or persons’ views, feelings or insights etc. the way we should. This becomes difficult and it is nearly impossible really get to know the person that you are communicating with. When doing so we become oblivious to the other person or persons’ true characters. This occurs after a while and can be credited to the philosophy of unconditional love within close interactions between two or more people. Quinn and Huck did not trust her to share information and if she were closer with them she would have understood the situation better and they may have shared information with their