Question #1
I feel that personally, I do tend to one orientation over another when it comes to conflict. Naturally we want to think that our opinion is always the correct one, and are biased towards other opinions. I feel that the one thing we fail to do is look at the overall situations and look at all the other reasons that might prove our own opinion to be wrong. Personally I like to completely look over the whole situation and look at all possibilities before I make a point one way or another in a conflict. I am very satisfied with this orientation of hear all before moving forward, because it allows for the the conflict to be resolved in a good way, and in good terms. I think after the readings I can say there are exceptions, because in some cases the other person is wrong and if you allow them to continue to think they are correct it more than likely will cause further conflict later on down the line.
Ateschera,
ReplyDeleteI like your point about how we all tend to think that our way have handling problems is always best. It’s something we tend to naturally all want to think. One of the benefits of taking Comm classes like this (or being a Comm major in general) is that we learn about the different ways to deal with the more difficult aspects of interpersonal and group communication.
Being able to look at a situation - stop, think, then act, (not react) is a skill that will take you far in life. This is how we can help guarantee our conflicts reach a satisfactory conclusion. Taking a moment to listen to the other persons viewpoint helps bring the conversation full-circle.