COM 312 Test 1 with answers

COM 312 Test 1 with answers |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




Conflict - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔An expressed struggle between
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at least two interdependent parties, who perceive incompatible
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goals, scarce resources, and interference from others in
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achieving their goals. |\ |\




Key Elements of Conflict - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔1. Family
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2. Non-Platonic Relationships
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3. Platonic Relationships
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4. The Workplace
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What role does conflict play in relationships? - CORRECT
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ANSWERS ✔✔The way couples handle conflict is a great indicator
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as to how successful their relationship will be. Conflict is natural
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and plays a huge role in relationships.
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How does familial conflict impact children? - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Conflict, like in relationships, is just as common in families. As
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a child grows up, they see how their older family members deal
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with conflict, and mirror it. If a child grows up with parents who
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avoid conflict, so will the child. If a child grows up with parents
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who are dominant, the child will most likely mimic that.
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Destructive Conflict - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Destructive conflict |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


is the kind of conflict that results in danger, or having negative
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results.

, Four Horseman of Destructive Conflict - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔1. Criticizing |\




2. Defensiveness
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3. Stonewalling
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4. Contempt
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Escalatory Spiral - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Emotion laden and
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careless exchanges become worse and worse on both sides of
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the relationship.
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De-escalatory Spiral - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Both parties |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\


retrieve from each other. |\ |\ |\




Avoidance Spiral - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Active attempts by
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both parties to lessen dependence on each other.
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TRIP Goals - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The types of goals seen in
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conflicts.
T-opic
R-elationship
I-dentity
P-rocess


TOPIC goal - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-The topic goal is the goal
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each party wants.
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