Go to page 214 in the text and read the FIVE CONFLICT STYLES identified by Kilman and Thomas. The Five Conflict Styles are: 1) Competitiveness, b) Collaboration, c) Compromise, d) Accommodation, 5) Avoidance. Be sure you understand the examples of how each conflict style is displayed. They are all defined on p. 214.
All these styles are defined on p. 214. Be sure you read the definitions very carefully! COLLABORATION means two or more working together to seek a solution to a problem.
Read the following scenario.
�My father left my mother last year to live with someone else. I have become my mother�s main support. She calls me at college almost every day demanding that I come home for all kinds of silly reasons. It is a three-hour roundtrip! Right now I can�t seem to tell her to back off. I do whatever she wants and hope this stage will pass quickly.�
Answer these questions:
1) The son is currently behaving in the _________________Conflict Style because he is being ___________, but _____________. (see p. 214)
2) Mother and son should both show concern for self and each other by participating in the _____________ Conflict Style.(see page 214).
3) The _____________Conflict Style could, hopefully, be reached during collaboration. This solution is the ___________ which is a solution that partially meets the needs of both. (see page 214). Resource: Family Communication: Cohesion and Change, 8th Edition by Kathleen M. Galvin, Carma L. Bylund, and Bernard J. Brommell
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