Exam 5: Styles

The Avoid-Criticize Loop is helpful because it gives you time to think about what you need to actually criticize when you talk to the other person.

Rahim identified 5 conflict styles that individuals use in a variety of conflict situations. The number 3 in the above grid corresponds with which of the following styles?

An individual's conflict style is developed early in life and remains static throughout her/his lifetime.

List, describe, and give an example of the five kinds of analytic remarks you might use when "integrating" with others.

Differentiate between complementary and symmetrical patterns of conflict.

According to the text, verbal aggression is violent communication behavior.

Select one of the five conflict styles and discuss how getting "stuck" in it can have negative consequences.

Conflict patterns that tend to mirror one another are called

Rahim identified 5 conflict styles that individuals use in a variety of conflict situations. The number 5 in the above grid corresponds with which of the following styles?

The primary disadvantage to integration is the time it often requires to really work.

Rashid is responsible for taking care of his younger brother one afternoon a week, but he does not like to come across the "authority figure" with his brother. Instead, he would prefer to be viewed as fun-loving. When his brother begins to jump on the couch for the fourth time one afternoon, Rashid tells him (again!) to quit or the little brother won't be able to go to his favorite restaurant tomorrow for their uncle's birthday. Which of the following best describes the credibility of Rashid's threat?

A professor that consistently double books appointments with someone she does not want to deal with may be engaging in:

You are more likely to dominate than oblige when you score high on which of the following?

Conflict ________________ are patterned responses or clusters of behavior that people use in conflict.

Identify at least two advantages and two disadvantages of each of the five conflict styles identified by Rahim in your text.

Which of the following is a disadvantage to using domination as a style for managing conflict?

What is the relationship between domination, threats, and verbal aggression?

"Postponement" can be an effective strategy if the emotional elements of the conflict are addressed.

If you have low concern for yourself, and low concern for the other, you are using an "avoidance" style of conflict management.

"Dominating" will often result in the other person trying to dominate, as well.