seeing every interaction as a conflict
This is Unilateral Control Model of Behaviour.  The opposite is "Give Up Control Model" and in the middle, you have "Mutual Learning".  You can see another copy of Unilateral Control's definition here.


  Having goals is essential to being effective as an individual, team, and organization. But when you use a unilateral control mindset, you see challenging situations as a contest in which there are winners and losers.