Allport predicted people respond to value conflict by circumventing or genuinely resolving it.

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Allport also anticipated that the discomforting nature of inner conflict would lead some people to develop strategies to circumvent rather than to fully acknowledge the violation of values. Yet for others, he anticipated that working around the conflict would be an inadequate way to address inner conflict. These individuals, he argued, would need to “put the brakes on their prejudices” and work toward true resolution of the conflict. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 2115