A Practical Guide and Interpersonal Violence
The picture of a man and woman fighting over a child, practically pulling him apart seems unimaginable. There must be a more sensible way to manage a conflict. Chapter 4 reads like a “how to…” manual. The idea is to help you start managing your conflicts more effectively from now on. Chapter 5 introduces the topic of interpersonal violence and how both aggressors and their victims may better deal with abusive situations. The purpose of this essay is to apply correctly the key concepts, principles, and suggestions from chapters 4 and 5 to conflicts in your life.
In 300-700 words, write a brief essay in which you apply key concepts and suggestions from Chapter 4 and 5 to your own life situation, past, present, or future. The Objectives and Key Terms at the top of Chapters 4 and 5 identify the key concepts in the chapters.
Address the following in your essay:
Define and explain two key concepts from each chapter that stood out to you; please include page numbers, cite from the textbook, and end the essay with a reference to the textbook (citations/ references should be in APA style).
Include suggestions the authors make for each chapter that would help you better manage conflicts (again include page numbers and references to the textbook)
Then explain how you could use the concepts that you identified to better manage a conflict in the past, present, or future (it may be one conflict for both chapters or a separate conflict for each chapter).
Your essay must meet the following criteria:
Minimum/maximum (300-700 words) limit
Identified 2 key concepts per chapter, defined, and explained them (key concepts are printed in bold in the text).
Identified at least one suggestion from each chapter.
Cited the text (with page numbers) and referenced it at the end of the essay.
Written in the APA style using the correct grammar and spelling
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Managing Conflict through Communication
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A PRACTICAL GUIDE AND INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE
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Struggles and challenges are a few of the things that complete and develop a person's life experiences. Such events in their life cause them situations that either make or break them. Belonging in those struggles are conflicts that are not seen by the naked eye and can only be fought with one's initiative. Such conflict arises due to different triggers and does not end without the proper way of communication. Thus, this is discussing conflict communication and different possible ways that people should know to manage conflicts.
According to Cahn & Abigail (2013), in the fourth chapter of their book, which tackles the different ways for a person to manage a conflict, they stated that listening, assertive communication, and more should be involved. Listening refers to the action of "focusing one's attention on the other person." (Cahn & Abigail, 2013, p. 81), which means that as people talk their opinion during conflicts, the other person should listen, and vice versa. A person should be willing and open to understanding the other person (Cahn & Abigail, 2013, p. 81). The authors also reminded me that listening is not equivalent to agreeing. People are still able to agree and disagree with the opinion that the other party disclosed. They added that when people listen, it feels like that the person who is speaking is being loved (Cahn & Abigail, 2013, p. 82).
On the other hand, I-statements pertain to actions of "owning up to our feelings rather than making them the responsibility of the other person." (Cahn & Abigail, 2013, p. 88). It means that people should not pass the responsibility of the conflict to others and instead reflect on their mistakes by accepting their faults. In situations where people are overwhelmed with emotions, the authors reminded that people could ask the conflicting party to continue their conversation after they have interna...