Why is context so important to understand conflict? Please describe the main aspects in the context step in the Change-Oriented Conflict Analysis model.

What will be an ideal response?


First, students need to indicate context is where communication takes place and how that helps define the communication, in order to understand how conflict is enacted and how it is managed. Then, they need to refer to the three areas that are minimally required to be analyze the conflict and propose a solution—culture, the political unit, and the organizational unit.

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The deterministic version of he Sapir-Whorf hypothesis suggested that language is like a __________ and that language influences cultural differences in __________

Fill in the blank with correct word

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An attitude is

A) something a person accepts as true. B) approval or disapproval and liking or disliking of a person, place, object, event or idea. C) what a person thinks is good, right, worthy, and important. D) something a person does.

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The Action Model of Communication takes feedback into consideration

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In the Communication Transcript in Chapter Eleven, Chris tries to resolve a conflict with her roommate Terry over cleaning their apartment by

a. relying on authority as a source of power. b. using the “Vesuvius” method to get Terry’s attention. c. appealing to their mutual self-interests. d. employing “crazymaking” strategies. e. None of these answers are correct

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