Pseudo-conflict

What will be an ideal response?


conflict that occurs when group members who actually agree about something believe they disagree due to poor communication

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The statement, "there is life on Mars," is an example of a(n)

A. value claim. B. fact claim. C. opinion claim. D. policy claim.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Before beginning a caucus, the mediator should overview confidentiality as it applies to the caucus with both parties. When the caucus is completed, the mediator should revisit confidentiality before returning to joint session. 2. When a disputant continues to repeat an unreasonable position, utilizes intimidation or other coercive tactics the mediator should withdraw from the mediation. 3. It is unwise for the mediator to probe for hidden agendas during a caucus. Parties often feel that the mediator is being invasive, aggressive, or “picking on them.” 4. Disputants may confess to lies during caucus and then ask the mediator not to tell the other party. Most mediators feel that they should abide by such a request, because to do otherwise would be a violation of confidentiality.

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Task Clarification comes before Problem Identification in The

Standard Problem-Solving Agenda. Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following is NOT true about infidelity?

  a.  Responses to different types of infidelity differ by gender, which may be explained using an evolutionary perspective.   b.  Emotional infidelity can be just as damaging to a relationship as sexual infidelity.   c.  What constitutes infidelity may differ from one relationship to another or even from one partner to another within a relationship.   d.  Men get more upset if their partner engages in sexual infidelity because they are less emotionally "plugged in" than women.

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