3). What did you learn over the course of the semester? Please give extensive detail.
I learned a huge amount over this past semester which I will take with me and apply to my own life. There are three main ideas that stood out to me which I will take, those are: a new view on conflict, how to approach a conflict, and the use of "I statements". I never learned so much about constructive conflict in my life like I did in this class. It has taught me that conflict is not necessarily a bad thing in life, but rather something that can bring about good change. I never viewed conflict as negatively as other did because of the way that I was brought up, but this class has changed how I view conflict with other, especially in my romantic relationship.
I am able to view conflict in this way by something I learned which really helped me. That is, how to confront conflict. I believe that this is one of my biggest struggles when starting this class, but it has now become one of my greatest lessons I learned. Before this class I would try to avoid conflict at all cost because I thought it was negative, but after seeing the positives and learning how to approach it I have become better at confronting the problem. Which in the end is a benefit to the relationship.
An important part of confronting conflict is being able to express how you feel directly. This is not meant to hurt someone else's feelings, but rather to get them to understand how you feel. This can be done through "I statements". This is where you express someone how you feel because of something that happened or they did, but instead of stating "You did...", you would say "I feel...when you..". This is taking responsibility for your feelings and not automatically putting the blame on someone else.
I enjoyed this class a lot and appreciated reading everyone's comments. Great job everyone on all of your hard work!
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Sunday, December 9, 2012
Chapter 16. Q1
1). After reading Chapter 16 in its entirety, answer the following question: Why do you think people have such negative views of conflict? Do you think that as people know more about conflict, they fear it less? Why or why not?
I believe that people have such a negative view on conflict because they don't necessarily know how to handle it. Conflict management is not something that we are taught in school, like science or math, but rather something that we have to learn on our own how to do. I think that if people opened up their eyes to the positive things conflict can bring about and learn ways of how to work out conflict, they wouldn't see it in such a negative way. I also believe that people see it negative because that is how it is portrayed throughout media. If we all can take what we learned in this class and pass off the information to a few other people and they do the same then we can try to make a change a few people at a time. There was a lot of information that I learned in this class about conflict management that I had never learned before. We have to be able to change our minds to embrace conflict rather than fear it.
I believe that people have such a negative view on conflict because they don't necessarily know how to handle it. Conflict management is not something that we are taught in school, like science or math, but rather something that we have to learn on our own how to do. I think that if people opened up their eyes to the positive things conflict can bring about and learn ways of how to work out conflict, they wouldn't see it in such a negative way. I also believe that people see it negative because that is how it is portrayed throughout media. If we all can take what we learned in this class and pass off the information to a few other people and they do the same then we can try to make a change a few people at a time. There was a lot of information that I learned in this class about conflict management that I had never learned before. We have to be able to change our minds to embrace conflict rather than fear it.
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Chapter 16. Q 2
2). Summarize what you liked most and what you liked least about this class. In other words, what were the strengths and weaknesses of this class? Would you recommend this class to other students? Why or why not?
Over this past semester I have learned a lot about conflict which I didn't know before. I think that is what I liked best about this class was the amount of knowledge I got out of it. In a lot of classes we just learn the material to pass the class then it's relevance to our life is not a whole lot. The information that we learned in this class through readings and projects, is something that is already becoming a benefit to in my life. The information deals with real world problems and situations that can arise in your life.
What I least liked about this class is that it is an online class. I feel like when dealing with such a heavy topic that has to do with emotions, it would have been better to be an on campus class. I would have learned a lot more and probably could have had practice working with what I learned with other students.
In conclusion, the strengths of this class was the relevance it has on our lives. And the amount of information I gained by the book and big projects. The weakness is that it is an online class and could have been better in person.
I would recommend this class to any student, but probably the in class over online. Unless you work better on your own pace, in class would probably be the way to go. Other than that I would recommend this class to anyone.
Over this past semester I have learned a lot about conflict which I didn't know before. I think that is what I liked best about this class was the amount of knowledge I got out of it. In a lot of classes we just learn the material to pass the class then it's relevance to our life is not a whole lot. The information that we learned in this class through readings and projects, is something that is already becoming a benefit to in my life. The information deals with real world problems and situations that can arise in your life.
What I least liked about this class is that it is an online class. I feel like when dealing with such a heavy topic that has to do with emotions, it would have been better to be an on campus class. I would have learned a lot more and probably could have had practice working with what I learned with other students.
In conclusion, the strengths of this class was the relevance it has on our lives. And the amount of information I gained by the book and big projects. The weakness is that it is an online class and could have been better in person.
I would recommend this class to any student, but probably the in class over online. Unless you work better on your own pace, in class would probably be the way to go. Other than that I would recommend this class to anyone.
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