Exam 9: Managing Conflict and Power

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -An approach to conflict in which one pursues his or her own goals to the exclusion of the goals of others.

In Asian and Latino cultures, social network currency is more highly valued than resource currency.

Which of the following is considered to be a form of avoidance as a strategy for managing conflict?

People from collectivistic cultures view direct messages about conflict as personal attacks.

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -A short-term conflict resolution that occurs when both parties change their goals to make them compatible.

Identify and explain power and its defining characteristics.

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -A relationship in which power is imbalanced.

Which of the following is TRUE of serial arguments?

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -An approach to conflict in which one person abandons his or her own goals and acquiesces to the desires of another person.

Cheryl finds that she always has to remind her ex-husband to pay child support, to pick up their son, and to be a good father. He ignores her repeated attempts to resolve their child-care conflicts and says he is too busy to talk to or deal with his son. What is this couple experiencing?

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -A type of avoidance in which one communicates in a negative manner and then abandons the encounter.

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -A relationship in which power is balanced.

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -The ability to influence or control other people or events.

What are two factors that may increase the use of accommodation?

What effect does gender have on violence in relationships?

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -A result of achieving resolution, if both parties change the basic rules governing their relationship to prevent future conflict.

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -Declarations of the end of a relationship.

Identify strategies one can use to improve conflict-management skills.

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -A pattern of conflict in which one person pursues his or her goals by making demands, and the other person withdraws from the encounter.

Define and give an example of the five power currencies used in our personal relationships.