Exam 7: Analyzing Conflicts

"Total marriages" are what the book suggests as the best goal for all marriages.

Labeling people in systems (workplaces,families,friends)helps each person predict how others will behave.

One option for addressing destructive coalitions is to "soften them."

Although forming coalitions often happens naturally,they can become toxic if the groups begin to engage in destructive conflict.

Conflict for couples in nonintimate-aggressive relationships is usually not satisfying because more energy is drained than is gained.

All short interactions are considered microevents.

_____ are central to passing and receiving messages from network members.

If a conflict progresses to Stage IV,as described in the book,the authors suggest that a neutral third party become involved to help.

When analyzing coalitions in a conflict,the member who is "out" is called:

All of the following are effective ways for assessing a conflict except:

Which of the following stages of conflict is characterized by parties engaged in serious power struggles,polarization,and lack of information sharing?

Which of the following refers to constructive system-enhancing behaviors that enable the system to grow,innovate,and change?

A person in a "system" who is in few or no triangles is called the:

According to the concept of circular causality,the most important part of assessing a conflict is figuring out who "started" it.

According to the Conflict Assessment Guide,the question "What attitudes toward conflict do participants seem to hold?" helps clarify which of the following components?

A repetitive loop of observable communication with a redundant outcome is called:

Which of the following statements is true of microevents?

The concept of circular causality is less concerned with where the conflict started and more concerned with the sequence of patterns in the conflict.

Which of the following terms best describes a marriage where both partners accept a conventional,calm,ordered marriage that maintains little conflict?

Families that are oriented toward conformity rather than conversation produce young adults who experience higher levels of satisfaction.