unit 2 perspectives on conflict. how do we really “see” in conflict? what do you “see?”
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Metaphors to Describe Positive Conflict Perceptions
• Bargaining table• Tide• Dance• Garden• Quilt making
Lens model of Communication Perceptions
Each person has a view of conflict--we “see” conflict through our own eyes.
How Do These Perceptions Develop? Where Do They Come
From?
• Family of Origin• Culture• Gender• Experience
Misconceptions of Conflict
Misconceptions are usually based in personal history
• If I engage in conflict, “I’m a bad person.”• “All conflict is bad.”
• “If I engage in conflict, the other will not like me anymore.”
If we choose to, we can transform conflict perceptions and communication from destructive to constructive. Believe it or not, conflict can be positive!