Week 16 Response #3

Over the course of the semester I have learned many things. I love how this class was focused mainly on conflict but also all the many different ways that we can address conflict. Conflict no longer is something that is negative but can be looked at in a positive way also. It can teach us a lot about ourselves and about others. There are many ways to go about handling a conflict and some ways I found to be more interesting than others. I feel the STLC method to be the most beneficial because it seems to be the most logical and smart way of dealing with a conflict. That method allows for us to take in what is happening, make our own analysis and then help the situation. Most of all what I learned from this course is that dealing with conflict is something that I want to do in means of my career. I feel that I am talented in helping conflicts get resolved and I would like to do that with my life, possibly resolve conflict in the business world or conflict in someone’s personal life.

Week #16 Response #2

This class is my favorite class to take. I have taken our professors class before and I have always had fun doing the work. I found that I was able to learn and turn this class into fun without thinking of it as work like my other classes. My favorite thing about this class is that it is very organized. I know exactly what I need to do for the week and when I need to turn it in by. Everything about this class is organized and that is something I feel is important. I do not want to be graded poorly because I was confused, I would like to be graded on what I know and my work ethic. If I can change one thing I would make it so in the post we only have to respond to two peoples post. This is a great class and I will always recommend people to take this class.

Week #16 Reading Review #1

I feel people have a negative view towards conflict because conflict has a negative stigma attached to it. Before even becoming involved they are already fearful of what might happen. The fact that when people do not know how to handle a conflict problem they also do not know the possibilities a conflict can bring. Conflicts do not always have to end badly. People can turn a conflict into something that is amazing and even want to encounter conflict to continue to grow. I feel once you gain a greater understanding about conflict you do then fear it far less. This is especially true when you have learned how to manage conflict. Knowing the many different ways in which you can fix a conflict gives you confidence when encountered with conflict. That in return allows you to lessen your fear and be more open to encountering a conflict. I personally have become less fearful of conflict after taking this class.

Week 11 Reading Reaview #3

The psycho dynamic theory to me is very interesting. Conflict will always have an original point in which it started from. The exact thing that ignites conflict can be found when looking at this theory.  According to the book it talks about how conflict is started based off the interpersonal state in which a person is in. I f a person is in an irritable mood then witnessing a conflict happen to them is going to have high chances. I feel the things in the day can help build someone’s interpersonal state. The more it negatively affects someone then there is a higher chance for a conflict to occur. Although what I personally do not like is when someone who always gets mad or annoyed blames their actions or feelings on everything except themselves.  They always have an excuse for why they had an outburst and never take responsibility for their own actions.

Week 11 Reading Review #2

When in conflict people can tend to make things up that are not true. People can make up things about other people just to make their side of the story seem stronger. Yet false attributions can cause the conflict to worsen. I have been in a conflict and attempted to defend a certain person. In my act of defending I created false attributions about my friend to make him seem like he was in the right. I made these attributions on accident and realized it was the wrong thing to do. The other person involved knew that what I was saying was false and that made him even more mad and honestly gave him the upper hand. My friend lost credibility and settling the conflict was no longer going to be settled in my friends favor because of what I had said. Accurate attributions always help because they are main points to strengthen your argument.  

Week 11 Reading Review #1

When I looked up the word forgiveness it the first few results I found were related to the bible. Forgiveness is a major concept in religions such as Christianity. As I continued to read the results began to focus on how to forgive and the process it takes to do so. Looking up reconciliation produced very different results. It did have results relating to the bible once again but overall the majority was simply describing what the word means. I feel as though this word is difficult to explain and can be misinterpreted. This is why I feel most of the results are just definitions. When looking up the word revenge the results came back completely different from the rest. The results were all about a certain T.V show and other movies or shows with the word revenge in it. I even scanned forward a great amount and still I was coming up with the same results. Forgiveness came up with the most results and feel this way because this word is commonly used.