COMM 101 Conflict Management Discussion

Journal Entry #8: Conflict ManagementBased upon Chapter 8 (Conflict Management) and Lectures: Conflict 1. Analyze your primary conflict management style (competitive,accommodation, avoidance/withdrawal, compromise, collaboration). Whatmakes you think this is your primary style? Is it the same or different thanyour Partner’s primary style? In what ways do your conflict managementstyles hamper effective communication with your Partner? Or enhance? 2. Describe a pseudo conflict that you and your Partner have experienced. Whatwas the real cause of the pseudo conflict? How did you determine that it waspseudo (and not real) conflict? 3. Think of a conflict situation that you had with your Partner where you were notsatisfied with your behavior during the interaction. In hindsight, what wouldyou have done differently and why?4. Think of a recent communication exchange with your Partner that began as aseemingly casual conversation but escalated into a conflict. Can you identifya reason for this (emotional condition, difference in values, etc.)? Is thereanything you could have done to avoid the conflict? What cues might youeach have looked for to understand the other’s mood?