Day 3

What is Conflict?1. What is the difference between conflict and

violence?

2. Identify situations that trigger conflicts between a teenager and their parents.

3. a) Identify situations that trigger conflicts between friends.

b) Do males and females handle conflicts differently?

c) Identify the effects of handling conflicts in these ways.

4. Identify positive methods of handling conflict.

5. Identify situations that trigger conflicts between dating partners.

6. What causes conflicts to occur?

Communication StylesThe way you approach a scenario will greatly

change the outcome. There are 3 generalized ways to respond to any situation:

PassiveAssertive

Aggressive

Passive

Assertive

Aggressive

Practicing Responses in a Conflict

Pick one of the following scenarios and demonstrate how someone using proper communication techniques would deal with the situation.

1. You believe I started a rumor about you.2. You are upset because we are very close

friends and I am calling you to do things together less and less often.

3. I am intending to buy tickets for an upcoming concert along with a group of our friends. You really want to go to the concert also, but you can’t afford to go.

4. I have been skipping a lot of classes lately and you are getting concerned.

5. Your parents are going away this weekend and I really want you to have a party so I have been telling others about this. They have been coming up to you in the halls to tell you that they are looking forward to the huge party at your place. You are upset with me about this.