Pillow Method in Interpersonal Communication

Whether we like it or not, conflict is a part of everyday lives. It can happen to anyone, from your friends to your family.

This style is used when both sides need to make a decision and they both need to give up something to gain something. Unfortunately, these decisions tend to be temporary because neither side got exactly what they wanted. One positive use for this style is when a decision needs to be reached under a time constraint. This style is also useful as a backup conflict management style to collaboration or competing (Nelson and Quick).

To show how the “pillow method” process works I have decided to apply it to a real life situation that relates to my life but also affects others. I am currently in the middle of a divorce which I

The conflict that I encounter this week was to put to sleep my cat. It was a very difficult decission and very hard to say goodbye to my pet. I know this is not a big conflict or for some people something serious, but in the end is a life and you have to make a hard decision.

Separate assessments of my conflict style reveal that I have become primarily attuned with the integrating style of conflict management, which came as no surprise to me, as I found the results of the assessments to be accurate. However, the assessments also showed that I was nearly equal in the compromising style, leading them to be a near tie. I would be the first to admit that his has not always been the case. It has taken a fair amount of life experience and focused effort in order to move away from the predominate style of compromise

The negotiators in these situations should mainly on the integrative bargaining. It means that negotiator should arrange a face to face meeting for both the parties by motivating them to practice integrative barging so that they can use the conflict strategy management to innovate positive solutions rather than dysfunctional conflicts. The negotiator should focus mainly on problem solving, compromising, smoothing and finding solutions. Motivating both the parties for a face-to-face meet is done so that, they can identify the problem and resolve it by an open discussion. Each team should give up something so that they can come to an agreement. The negotiator should use smoothing technique by reducing the conflicts while stressing common interests between both the teams. By compromising and smoothing both the parties should know about their common interests and goals and should create a shared goal. Once the negotiator make them realize that they need each other for achieving their goals, integrative positions solutions will be obtained instead of dysfunctional

Interpersonal communication is how individuals connect with one another, and is a necessary skill for anyone that desires to build harmony, demonstrate respect, diffuse and solve problems, and build meaningful and mutual relationships. This course has allowed me to better understand how and why I communicate the way I do, as well as ways to improve my communication skills and be more cognizant of the functions and repercussions of communication. I learned that communication is about more than what is spoken. It also includes nonverbal cues as well as role schemas. Through studying situations and tendencies in relationships, this class has provided me with life knowledge that will contribute to the success and benefit of current and future

Conflicts supports the theme that one should be thankful in “Growing Up” by Gary Soto. The conflict of the passage is that Maira is not thankful for the amazing family that she has and is very rude to them. Soto has the character Maria getting into arguments with her father. For example in paragraph eleven the it says “ ‘I know, I know.

The idea of Conflict is an extremely complex one and is vividly evident in the short story “All the years of her life” by Morley Callaghan. It is important to define the term “Conflict”, as defined by the Oxford Dictionary “Be incompatible or at a variance; clash” ("Conflict - Definition of Conflict in English | Oxford Dictionaries"). While the story “All the years of her Life” discusses the various conflicts the protagonist faces in her life and the lives of those around her. It begins with an external

Interpersonal communication is a multidimensional relational vehicle used to promote shared understanding, build community engagement, problem solve collectively, influence decision making, and develop a realization of self-awareness. It is a fundamental element deeply embedded in the social construct of our existence and is defined as part of the interactive process by which information, feelings and thoughts are exchanged between individuals. This exchange of information is inescapable as we are constantly involved in transmitting and interpreting verbal and non-verbal cues between each other simultaneously every day. Even in our perceived exhibition of momentary objective silence, we are still communicating through non-verbal expressions.

Trying to think of a conflict or obstacle to write about has been the most frustrating part about this essay, it took a while to comb through my life to think of any conflicts or trials I could write about. I eventually just went to the one person who’s been with me since the beginning and asked for a few examples of conflicts and or struggles I went through but don’t exactly recall. My mother pointed out that the reason I couldn’t think of any struggles was because growing up her and my father shielded me and my siblings from a lot, and did their best to keep us from seeing them struggle. A prime example of how much they shielded from us is when I was thirteen my Dad was dying from kidney failure and we didn’t find out until it was a definite

The technique used in the attempt to resolve the conflict was negotiation by third parties

Beyond negotiation and mediation, there are a number of approaches that decrease the personal control the people involved have over the dispute outcome, increase the involvement of external decision makers, and rely increasingly on win-lose and either-or decision-making techniques. These approaches can be divided into public and private, and legal and extralegal.

Throughout the semester, we have studied numerous communication theories. Their purpose is to help understand exactly what happens when we interact with others. We might not necessarily agree with all of the theories, but the idea is to develop tools to evaluate situations we may encounter. Often, when the theories are explained in the readings or lecture, it is beneficial to apply the concepts to a "real life" situation. Using this approach, I will use a situation that many of us have faced, or will face, and analyze it according to a particular communication theory.

In interpersonal communication there are many theories that are similar yet different in many ways. The theories can be combined to describe people and how those people interact and communicate with each other. Many of these theories help explain how people in society form impressions of others, how they maintain these impressions, why people interact with certain people in society, and how people will use these impressions that they have formed later on in life. These theories also help people to better understand themselves, to better understand interpersonal communication, and to better understand people in general. There are two theories in interpersonal communication that, despite their differences, can go hand in hand. The first is