A nonassertive response style in which the communicator submits to a situation rather than attempts to have his or her needs met
Accomodating
A stage of relational development immediately prior to terminating in which the parties minimize contact with one another
Avoiding
A stage of relational development that seeks win-win solutions to a conflict.
Collaborating
A win-lose approach to conflicts that seeks to resolve them in one's own way.
Competing
A relational conflict style in which partners use different but mutually reinforcing behaviors
Complementary conflict style
an approach to conflict resolution in which both parties attani at least part of what they wanted through self-sacrifice
Compromising
An expressed struggle between at least two interdependent parties who perceive incompatible goals, scarce rewards, and interference from the other party in achieving their goals.
Conflict
An unacknowledged repeating pattern of interlocking behavior used by participants in a conflict.
Conflict ritual
Types of passive aggression
Crazy makers
A criticism or demand that threatens the face of the person at whom it is directed.
Direct aggression
an approach to conflict resolution in which neither side achieves its goals
Lose-lose problem solving
A relational conflict style in which the approach of the partners varies from one situation to another.
Parallel conflict style
An indirect expression of aggression, delivered in a way that allows the sender to maintain a facade of kindness.
Passive aggression
A pattern of managing disagreements that repeats itself over time in a relationship
Relational conflict style
A relational conflict style in which both partners use the same tacticts
symmetrical conflict style
An approach to conflict resolution in which one party reaches its goal at the expense of the other
Win-lose problem solving
An approach to conflict resolution in which the parties work together to satisfy all their goals