Roommates in Conflict In the video roommates in conflict describes if things would have been communicated there probably wouldn’t be a conflict. Terry was in her room doing her homework for a big history test she had the following morning. While she was doing her homework Marty came in messing with her and taking her history book away from her, after that they started arguing and fighting. Consequences of course arise from the conflict they both had. Terry was under pressure from her parents because she needed to have good grades. She was stress out and frustrated because she had a lot of studying to do. She felt that Marty was being very annoying and disrespectful. Marty on the other hand just wanted to have fun she said she was joking about taking the book away from her because she thinks Terry needed to loosen up. Marty said that Terry had change this year, last year she would go out with her and hang out and this year all she would do is study. Conflict brings both danger and opportunity, and the dangerous aspects are well knows. Sometimes changing our usual behavior learning to “do what comes unnaturally is the best thing to do. Marty and Terry used aggressive conflict which means they engaged in a lot of overt yelling, calling of names, and similar aggressive moves. One solution they could have used instead of being aggressive would be more understanding. If Marty would have came in the room and said “do you want to step out for a break and then I can come back and help you study for your test”. She probably could have even told her why it was good to take a break from studying. Marty could have also waited till the weekend to ask her to go out since she knows she has a test the following morning or even helping her study. Marty feels like Terry has change but being realistic she
