Exam 11: Interpersonal Conflict

As the chapter pointed out, conflict can be harmful to people, but it can also be beneficial. In a short essay, explain the potential harms and the potential benefits of conflict, and identify the ways in which how conflict is managed influences whether the outcomes are positive or negative.

Stonewalling involves seeing yourself as a victim and denying responsibility for your own behaviors.

As an approach to structuring families and communities, patriarchy is virtually universal.

When engaged in interpersonal conflict, ________ is the practice of saving up past grievances and bringing them all up at the same time.

How do expectations of sex and gender contribute to conflict? Identify and discuss at least three ways that men and women tend to differ in their approach to conflict. What role does relationship type or satisfaction play in these differences? Finally, do you agree that popular culture exaggerates these tendencies? Why or why not? Make sure to justify your reasoning as fully as possible.

Referent power derives from one's admiration for, and attraction to, another.

When spouses in a heterosexual marriage engage in the demand-withdraw pattern, who is most likely to demand and who is more likely to withdraw?

Define and give examples of French and Raven's five forms of power.

When people engage in ________, they use their words to attack or demean those around them.

Traditional gender socialization encourages men to use accommodating conflict management strategies.

All of the following tips are useful for managing a conflict online except

Frank and Samantha just received a large inheritance when Samantha's grandmother passed away. Samantha said she wanted to use the money to build an addition onto their house. Frank countered that he wanted to buy a more fuel-efficient car. Which of the following is true about this situation?

Which conflict-management strategy involves a high concern for the other party but a low concern for the self?

Which of the following statements correctly defines the concept of flooding?

The content dimension of a conflict relates to what?

To qualify as conflict, a struggle or disagreement has to be expressed.

Research shows that three issues top the list as sources of conflict in romantic relationships. Which of the following is NOT among them?

Felix had been angry with his roommate Hector for some time. Hector was always playing his music so loudly that Felix couldn't concentrate, much less have a conversation on the telephone. Despite his anger, he hadn't expressed his feelings to Hector. Which of the following is true of this situation?

The topics that gay and lesbian couples experience conflict over tend to differ from the conflict topics of heterosexual couples.

Which of the following statements about sex and conflict is false?