Consider the following prompts and write a response to one of them — based on your own experience with the applicable concept:
(Chapter 8) How often are you deferential, assertive, and aggressive in your communication? What are the situations and relationships in which each kind of behavior is most likely for you? Do the behaviors you select advance your own goals and your relationships?
(Chapter 9) Have you ever been in a relationship in which conflict was stifled? Using the concepts you learned in this chapter, can you now describe how the conflict was repressed? Can you now think of ways you might have engaged in more effective conflict communication in that relationship?
Acceptable Length:
This essay should be at least 300-350 words and be made up of clear introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs.