Exam 9: Managing Conflict and Power

The new person you are dating keeps asking you about the status of your relationship, and you respond by joking that committed relationships always end. What conflict approach are you using?

Which of the following is TRUE of people who use collaborative approaches to manage conflict?

If your parents provide you with food, clothing, shelter, and other basic needs, what kind of power currency do they have over you?

The textbook recommends moving face-to-face conflicts online for more effective resolution.

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -A form of conflict resolution in which both sides maintain individual goals while developing creative solutions to mutual problems.

How do gender and culture impact conflict?

Men tend to rely more on violence as a strategy to manage conflict than do women.

Naja influences her partner's decisions and seems always to get what she wants. However, it seems her partner's goals are abandoned in order to do so. What is Naja demonstrating?

If your faculty advisor, who is helping you prepare your résumé, has many contacts in the business world, what type of power currency does he or she wield?

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -Messages that are honest but have been kept hidden to protect a partner's feelings.

According to the textbook, during a conflict physical violence can occur

Which of the following statements about conflict and violence is TRUE?

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -A process that occurs between people who perceive incompatible goals, or interference in achieving their objectives.

Match the concept, term, or theory with its correct response or definition. -Power that comes from having specialized skills or knowledge.

What is the primary risk of using a competitive conflict style?

In a demand-withdraw pattern, men often pursue conflict in attempting to meet their needs, whereas women respond by withdrawing from the episode.

Power is granted by those who relinquish control and allow others to exert influence over them.