Communication And Conflict Paper

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Communication and Conflict Paper Final Life is made up of a hodge-podge of learning experiences in which these familiarities help one develop as a person, and can be used as a stepping-stone towards the ideal person whom they want to become. I believe the best type of learning experiences are those that may not always go according to ones plan or end in their favor, for example, conflicts. Conflicts are situations that are usually perceived in a negative way; however, in the end I trust that one comes out with a stronger character. Whether a conflict is resolved or not, both parties are able to analyze and evaluate their morals, coming to the realization of how strongly they are judged as correct to them. Within this paper I will be focusing …show more content…
A conflict is situation that comes into your life as a learning experience and the best way to learn is experiencing it firsthand. When experiencing a conflict it is difficult to analyze it while it is ongoing. However, when looking back at the certain disagreement one is able to evaluate what was handled wrong and communicate more effectively during future conflicts. I believe the most recent conflict I was involved in has impacted me the most. This conflict arose between my friend of ten years and me over the Christmas break. It started with an outside party, which led to the conflict between my friend, Brooke, and I. This outside party was my ex-boyfriend, Drew, who we have both been friends with for a couple of years. We were all together one night when Drew and I got in an argument, so his defense mechanism was to start calling me offensive names. One name he called me really hit home and I started to cry in front of both my Drew and Brooke. While I was crying I looked over to Brooke and she was just standing there, not saying a word or …show more content…
Although Brooke and I had varying goals and conflict styles, we were able to openly communication and overcome the conflict. In this paper I was able to correlate my personal conflict with Hocker and Wilmot’s (2014) predefined interpersonal conflict. Throughout, I was able to apply scenarios within my conflict to the associating conflict goals. Because of this application, the conflict management styles that were reflected upon Brooke and I’s actions were reconciled by the agreement of amending to an integrative