Family Conflict Analysis Paper
Family Conflict Analysis Paper
Comm. 265G: Principles of Human Communication
Lexandria Olivares
10-10-2016
Lexandria Olivares
Have you ever had a bad day or days that even the smallest things trigger an outburst or argument? Every family has conflicts but every family approaches conflicts in different ways.
There are different family conflicts climates that explain conflict approaches and behaviors there are four different types. These types are indirect and competitive, indirect and cooperative, direct and competitive, and lastly direct and cooperative. Another characteristic of family conflicts are conflict approach which is the how you approach a conflict there are four different types. These different types are Pluralistic families, Consensual …show more content…
Although depending on my mood I can be indirect and completive behavior, most of the time I handle conflict with a direct and cooperative behavior. Im direct and cooperative because in conflicts when im in the wrong I understand that and take responsibility and im willing to change if it’s needed. Recently my mom and I had a misunderstanding on who is picking my cousin up and when I assessed the situation I realized that I was in the wrong. After realizing that
I talked about it with my mom and I apologized and told her I would listen better and double check with my mom. These behavior are associated with direct and cooperative conflict approach. My family’s conflict climate impacted how I handled this particular conflict because growing up we would talk about our problem and assess them accordingly and with reason. We talked about them and we handled/solved our conflicts instead of pushing them aside and dealing with them later.
Using these concepts I understood that I don’t bottle up emotions or deal with things later that I actually deal with them then and there. My conflicts behaviors which include being direct and cooperative, also growing up in a pluralistic family. I realize that a lot of my family are like me and that some are the complete
Comm. 265G: Principles of Human Communication
Lexandria Olivares
10-10-2016
Lexandria Olivares
Have you ever had a bad day or days that even the smallest things trigger an outburst or argument? Every family has conflicts but every family approaches conflicts in different ways.
There are different family conflicts climates that explain conflict approaches and behaviors there are four different types. These types are indirect and competitive, indirect and cooperative, direct and competitive, and lastly direct and cooperative. Another characteristic of family conflicts are conflict approach which is the how you approach a conflict there are four different types. These different types are Pluralistic families, Consensual …show more content…
Although depending on my mood I can be indirect and completive behavior, most of the time I handle conflict with a direct and cooperative behavior. Im direct and cooperative because in conflicts when im in the wrong I understand that and take responsibility and im willing to change if it’s needed. Recently my mom and I had a misunderstanding on who is picking my cousin up and when I assessed the situation I realized that I was in the wrong. After realizing that
I talked about it with my mom and I apologized and told her I would listen better and double check with my mom. These behavior are associated with direct and cooperative conflict approach. My family’s conflict climate impacted how I handled this particular conflict because growing up we would talk about our problem and assess them accordingly and with reason. We talked about them and we handled/solved our conflicts instead of pushing them aside and dealing with them later.
Using these concepts I understood that I don’t bottle up emotions or deal with things later that I actually deal with them then and there. My conflicts behaviors which include being direct and cooperative, also growing up in a pluralistic family. I realize that a lot of my family are like me and that some are the complete