predictability-novelty dialectic definition
Abstract. Dialectical tensions, defined as opposing forces that people experience in their relationships, are important for relational development. Predictability-novelty, for instance, is an example of a tension manifested by partners simultaneously desiring predictability and spontaneity in their relationships.onna R Pawlowski, Dialectical tensions in marital couples' accounts of their *relationships (January 1, 1995). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Paper AAI9609433.