Question

what was the outcome of the argument
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Answer 1

Explanation:

Q1: What outcome do we get after an argument ?

Arguments can be healthy or unhealthy. If its unhealthy, no one gains anything. Maybe a little temporary ego massage. When it is healthy, both party benefits as arguments become objective, respective with a mutual decision to quit. But, if one party is fixated on winning the argument (by taking it personally) Ego takes precedence and there is no end to it.

Q2: What drives us to be argumentative ?

I can think of this Transactional Analysis model developed by Eric Berne Ph.D., in his book 'Games people play" to satisfactorily answer the above question

We operate in the three Ego-State (or Parent-Adult-Child, PAC) model. We can analyse this model in any "discussion situation" with another person.

At any given time, a person experiences and manifests their personality through a mixture of behaviors, thoughts and feelings. Typically, according to TA, there are three ego-states that people consistently use: