Saturday, May 15, 2010
Conflict
A part of communication which I feel needs further discussion is the concept of conflict. Conflict is inevitable and a part of communication that causes so many negative reactions. People have conflict because they don’t know how to communicate well and then, cant find their way back to positive communication because they don’t know how to deal with conflict in a healthy productive way. I enjoyed reading the different types of ways people handle conflict. I tend to withdraw a lot during fights and etc, possibly because of cultural expectations. Instead of fighting my point, I just say whatever and go away. This is not healthy nor does it end the conflict, but rather it extends it because the resentment and feelings are still there. This is something very obvious that everyone knows but it is different when you read it and you read the correct steps to deal within communication and arguments. We did do a lot of work on conflict though, but it is such an interesting topic that I would have enjoyed further discussion on it.
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I agree with you that conflict is something we should learn more about. In our elementry schools, there is nothing that teaches us about conflict. We are taught about it through our parents. This is why you see so many different kids handling conflict in all types of different ways. Most kids tend to hit people and say no a lot. When they don't get their way, they tend to scream and kick and throw tantrums. I bet if we were taught about conflict and how to hanld ourselves and others, the world would flow together. Conflict is something that would have been fun to stufy more and maybe do a practice of how to hanld it as well.
ReplyDeleteConflict is not only a great subject to talk about, but something that every person should learn about. Not a lot of people know what to do when it comes to conflict, or they do not understand why certain people will act in certain ways when there is conflict. If there was a whole class that just looked at conflict, I defiantly would take that class. While I tend to hit conflict head on, I know I could learn even more than I have now about other ways to resolve it. This way, maybe we could change how kids are in school. If their parents have learned how to deal with conflict, they can pass that on to their kids.
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ReplyDeleteI also think that conflict is something that could be discussed further. I also agree that everyone deals with conflict differently. When my boyfriend and I have a conflict we each have our own way of dealing with it. Unfortunately our styles conflict and because of this we've had to learn over time how to respect each other. I tend to want to hash out the argument right then and there and he prefers to spend some time apart to cool off and then try to solve the problem later. I think that by learning about conflict further we could all find better ways to handle our strong emotions.
-Holly