Exam 7: Analyzing Your Conflicts

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

The text claims that a person should never escalate a conflict.

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

Using the elements from either question #4 or #5,analyze the following conversation:

What are system "rules," according to Hocker and Wilmot? Identify and discuss three examples of implicit/explicit rules you follow when engaging in conflict with someone in (a)your personal life or (b)your workplace.

List,describe and provide an example of the eight parts of the Conflict Assessment Guide.

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

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

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