AU Effective Communication Discussion

Part 1- think woman and man relationship

Write a paper describing a time you experienced miscommunication or conflict. For example, you can describe an argument you had with someone, a misunderstanding due to language differences or other cultural difference, or an incident that lead to confusion for you and perhaps the other party. The incident you describe should be detailed, but feel free to change names of participants if you feel more comfortable. Use specific examples and set the scene for clarity.

Part 2

After you describe the conflict or misunderstanding in detail, analyze the situation.

Why did this scenario play out the way it did?

What role did you play in the misunderstanding?

What could you have done differently?

What could the other person have done differently?

Analyze the types of nonlistening involved in the situation and use specific examples (Wood, pp. 173-176).

How will you avoid this type of conflict in the future? In other words, did people openly disagree? Did they encourage open discussion of differences? Was the conflict resolved? Did people yell, or talk respectfully?

Part 3

Think about how you learned to handle conflict. You may want to think back to your early childhood and adolescence and try to remember rules for conflict that your family modeled.

What conflict scripts did you learn in your family?

What parts of these conflict scripts do you engage in now?

What parts do you try to avoid?