Comm100 ch6
When using the collaborating style, which statement is the best way to open the discussion?
"Can we talk about last week when you were supposed to mow the lawn and you didn't?"
During a family vacation your twin sister keeps kicking you. Which of the following would be the most appropriate thing to say?
"I'd appreciate it if you'd stop kicking me."
Melisa counts the points on her grade sheet and finds a six point discrepancy. According to your text, what is the most appropriate thing she should say to her professor?
"When I counted the points, I found a discrepancy. Is that correct?"
People who overuse this conflict style tend to play the martyr role
Accommodate
You and your friend are planning to go to see a movie. You would like to see the new Star Trek film and your friend wants to see a new film from France. It is your friend's birthday. Which conflict strategy would probably be the best?
Accommodate
Males demonstrate closeness by
Doing things with each other
"I" messages help make messages clearer and more accusatory.
False
A good example of an "I" statement is: "I think that you always make me mad."
False
Collaborating is always the best conflict management strategy.
False
Communicating via technology is really no different than face-to-face communicating.
False
In any given situation, the collaborating style is best, and the avoiding style is worst.
False
In the third stage of relationships, we continue to get to know one another.
False
The avoiding style is assertive and uncooperative.
False
The contact stage of the relationship often lasts for months.
False
The dissolution phase of the relationship is when you start to feel uneasy or unhappy with the relationship.
False
Your conflict resolution style has nothing to do with the family environment you grew up in.
False
The outlook of getting my way regardless of what I have to do is called
Forcing/competing
Charm is very dissatisfied with her ten-month relationship with Kris. She decides to distance herself although she still has feelings. Charm's next move would be
Repair or dissolution
The accommodating style is good to use if you truly don't care about the decision.
Truth
The accommodating style is unassertive and cooperative.
Truth
The collaborating style of conflict resolution is highly assertive and highly cooperative.
Truth
We can repair a relationship either intrapersonally or interpersonally.
Truth
Your grandparents tell you that they are "so proud of you" when they find out that you stopped your car one day to assist a vision-impaired person cross a busy street. Their statement is an example of
Verbal affectionate communication
The avoidance style of conflict resolution
Will work as temporary disengagement
Which of the following is not a postulate of AET?
All affection is viewed positively.
Private information is shared in many ways with others. A critical factor in determining what you share about yourself and to whom is based on
Boundaries
The style of conflict resolution that involves a problem-solving approach is
Collaborating
The style of conflict resolution that is considered the best strategy in long-term relationships is
Collaborating
Felippe and Jose are both partially satisfied with their solution to the problem. Which conflict style did they use?
Compromising
Some interpersonal relationships simply end without a warning. This is an example of
Ghosting
