The document outlines a written assignment focusing on the analysis of interpersonal relationships and conflict styles, guiding students to reflect on media perspectives of relationships and their personal conflict management styles. It emphasizes evaluating various forms of media to understand cultural messages regarding relationships and offers a framework for assessing individual conflict styles. The assignment requires students to compile their reflections into a single document and submit it through a specific platform.

1. Written Assignment: Analyzing Interpersonal Relationships &
Conflict Styles
Part I
:
Review the Skill Development Experience on page 152 of your
textbook. For the four questions provided, write a concise
reflection for each question.
Interpersonal relationships, as they’re expressed in the popular
media, provide an interesting perspective on the ways in which
our culture views relationships and on the principles of
relationship communication it teaches. Think of all the media
you’re exposed to throughout an average day and consider the
messages you are receiving about relationships. Look at the
media in any form—television (in dramas, sitcoms,
commercials, talk shows, reality shows), newspapers,
magazines, blogs, websites, music, and film—and try to identify
the values and attitudes they communicate about interpersonal
relationships. Think about these examples:
●Do the popular media approve of certain types of relationships
and not others?
●How do the media “define” friendship, love, and family?
●What do the media say about the rules for relationships?
●How do the media deal with the dark side of interpersonal
relationships, such as relationship violence and spousal abuse?
Part II
:
On page 161 of your textbook, different conflict styles are
described. Using the questions provided in Table 8.1, write a
concise reflection about which style describes you best.

2. Consider how adopting a different style may be positive or
negative for you.
TABLE 8.1 Five Conflict Styles and Their Consequences
Here are the five conflict styles and their likely consequences or
outcomes (Blake & Mouton (1984). Do you have a general
conflict style or does your conflict style vary with your
relationship to the other person? For example, are you likely to
engage in conflict differently depending on the other person,
whether friend, romantic partner, work colleague, and so on?
Competing: great concern for your needs; little concern for
other’s
Avoiding: little concern for your own or other’s needs
Compromising: some concern for your own and other’s needs
Accommodating: great concern for other’s needs; little concern
for your own
Collaborating: great concern for your own and other’s needs
Both Parts I & II should be included in the same Word (.docx)
file and should total about one double-spaced page in length.
Submit your assignment to the Dropbox, located at the top of
this page. For instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read
these
step-by-step instructions
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