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1
Q

define

conflict

A

when one’s wishes or actions actually obstruct or impede those of someone else

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answer

why is conflict inescapable

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  • moods and prefrences of any two individuals will differ
  • certain tensions exsist that will always cause strain for some individuals
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define

dialectics

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tensions woven into the fabric of relationships that will sooner or later, always cause some strange

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4
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define

autonomy vs connection

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your desires vs what people want from you

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define

openness and closedness

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how much you share vs how much you don’t

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define

stability vs change

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how much of each do you want?

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define

integration vs seperation

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how much does the couple integrate w other social groups

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answer

what types of personalities are prone to conflict

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  • high neuroticism
  • low agreeableness
  • low concientiousness
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answer

what attachment styles are prone to conflict

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anxious attachment and avoidant

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at what stage of life are people more prone to conflict

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younger people

lack of stability, values change

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list

categories of conflict

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  • crtiticism
  • illegitimate demands
  • rebuffs
  • cumulative annoyances
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define

criticism

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verbal/nonverbal acts that are percieved as communicating dissatisfaction w/ the partners behaviors attitudes or traits

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define

illigitimate demands

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requests that seem unjust bc they exceed the normal expectations partners hold for eachother

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define

rebuff

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situations in which 1 person appeals to another for a desired reaction, the other person fails to respond as expected

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define

cumulative annoyances

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relatively trivial events that become irritating with repitition

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define

self-serving bias

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biases that lead people to judge their own actions more favorably than others do

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define

attributional conflict

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disagreeing about why someone did something

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18
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define

internal attributions

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bx is due to personality

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define

external attributions

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bx due to situation

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list

2 ways to engage with conflict

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  • negotiate
  • escalation
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define

negotiate

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problem-solving communication, information exchange, search for solution

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define

escalation

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generalization of issue, attribution of blame to other, personal attack, coercion threat, intensified demands

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define

demand/withdraw pattern

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1 partner engages in demanding froms of bx such as complaints, criticisms and pressures for change while the other partner engages in withdraw

24
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list

direct negotiation strategies

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  • show willingness to deal with problem
  • accept responsibility
  • offering concessions or compromise
  • exhibiting support for the others point of view through paraphrasing
  • offering self-disclosure through I statements
  • providing approval and affection
25
Q

define

voice

response to conflict

A

things are improving

26
Q

define

loyalty

conflict response

A

avoid conflict; don’t leave relationship

27
Q

define

neglect

A

stop interacting; ghosting

28
Q

define

exit

A

leave the relationship

29
Q

list

outcomes of conflict

A
  • separation
  • domination
  • compromise
  • integrative agreements
  • structural improvements
30
Q

define

separation

A

withdraw w/o resolving conflict

31
Q

define

domination

A

1 partner gets their way

32
Q

define

compromise

A

both parties reduce their aspirations so mutually acceptable alternatives can be reached

half- happy

33
Q

define

integrative agreements

A

both parties satisfied

34
Q

define

structural improvement

A

both partners get what they want but also learn and grow in their relationships

35
Q

define:

social power

A

the ability to influence the behavior of others and to resist influence on us

36
Q

define

principle of lesser interest

A

the person who has less interst in continuing and maintaining the realationship has more power in the partnership

37
Q

define

interdependency

as a source of power

A

the person who controls valuable resources has more power in that partnership

38
Q

true or false

men tend to have more power than women

A

true

39
Q

answer

why are men typically more powerful than women

A

men have more resources relative to women

40
Q

fill in the blank

in — of marriages, men outearn wives

fraction

A

2/3

41
Q

answer

how many hours do women do of housework? men?

A

18 hrs
10hrs

42
Q

list

elements of equality in close relationships

A
  • relative status
  • attention to the other
  • patterns of accomodation
  • well-being
43
Q

define

relative status

elements of equality

A
  • whose interests matter more?
  • who defines whats important?
  • how are low status jobs done?
44
Q

define

attention to the other

elements of equality

A
  • who is more likely to notice and attend to feelings of partner?
  • do both of give and recieve care and concern
45
Q

define

patterns of accomodation

elements of equality

A
  • whose accomodations are noticed/taken for granted
  • who arranges their daily lives around the others life
46
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define

well-being

elements of equality

A
  • whose economic success is valued more
  • who’s better off psychologically/physically
  • does one person’s well-being come @ expense of others good health
47
Q

answer:

whenn men are in oversupply, dating culture emphasizes —

A

courtship monogamy

48
Q

answer

when women are in oversupply, dating culture emphasizes

A

hookups

49
Q

answer

how are power differences in conversation seen in men and women

A

when men and women speak to eachother , men use high power nonverbal whereas women use low power

50
Q

list

characteristics of people in power

A
  • power influences mood and perceptions
  • feel in control
  • tend to do what they want
  • pay less attention to the feelings of others
  • have a harder time taking on another’s POV
  • think people are more sexually interested in them than they are
  • percieve others as more sexually attractive and sexually available
51
Q

list

characteristics of people with less power

A
  • experience more depression
  • behave more cautiously, timidly and fear more punishment
52
Q

describe

people in powers nonverbal behavior

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  • larger interpersonal distances
  • display more facial expressions
  • assume postures that are asymmetrical and take up more space
53
Q

answer

are low or high power people more sensitive to nonverbal

A

low power people

54
Q

list

styles of power

A
  • direct
  • indirect
  • bilateral
  • unilateral
55
Q

define

direct

style of power

A

overt, making your preferences and your desires plain to your partner- associated with better outcomes

56
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A

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