Across
- 3. The literal dictionary definition of a word
- 5. point The event that precipitates a conflict episode
- 7. A state where one thing or person requires another thing or person to meet goals
- 9. Theory that holds one's personality and behavior are influenced by biological development rather than social
- 11. goals How things should be done
- 13. conflict purely internal struggle about one's goals.
- 14. sum A view that resources are limited
- 18. aggression Using personal attacks, name-calling, and other aggressive tactics
- 22. Focusing discussion on the interaction process, communication about communication
- 26. value Using the decision making process to create outcomes that add benefit to all involved
- 27. climates Individuals feel safer and are more likely to engage in problem solving
- 29. communication Internal conversations
- 31. interaction theory advanced by Delia and others, that holds individuals create meaning
- 33. Tentative explanation for observed behaviors
- 34. management Communications to bring the perceptions and expectations held by different people together
- 36. how one respsonds in a moment and can change the entire direction of a relationship
- 37. goals One's self-worth, pride, or power
- 38. aggression Begrudging compliance perhaps with a plan to get even
- 39. Theory that holds one's personality and behavior are influenced by social development rather than biological
Down
- 1. motive Situation where an individuals goals are somewhat cooperative and competitive
- 2. conflict struggle among a small number of interdependent people
- 4. A need that drives a goal
- 5. goals Goals for self-worth, pride, or self-respect
- 6. resource anything in short supply
- 8. Exteranal attributions
- 10. theory a theory that models the outcomes of conflict based on choices made by players.
- 12. learning theory individuals learn what attitudes and behaviors are appropriate through observation/interaction
- 15. General conversational area in which a conflict issue may be embedded
- 16. Defending ones position from a competitive stance
- 17. goals A party's desired means of how an event should happen or a negotiation should proceed
- 19. The end or desired condition
- 20. goals Goals held by individuals
- 21. goals A party's preference for the depth or type of connection to another person
- 23. focus Technique that requires disputants to attend to the changes to be made in the existing circumstances
- 24. A tactic in response to conflict not to engage directly in conflict
- 25. dilemma Classic game theory example using 2 criminals against each other during interrogation
- 28. Overarching set of beliefs about the world and one's place in it
- 30. Rational weighing of facts
- 31. Individualized reaction to a word derived from one's personal association or experience with it
- 32. process Machine like communication with discrete parts that function in preset sequences Fieldtheory:There are types of forces that drive conflict and forces that restrain conflict
- 35. climates Individuals feel threatened and react to others negatively