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Ashley noticed that the group was coming up to the end of their meeting and wanted to see how close the group was to making a decision. So she took an informal vote—a tactic we call a/an

After a lengthy debate about where to go on spring break, Katie decides that she and her roommates are not going to be able to come to an agreement. Instead, she opts to take a road trip with one of her high school friends. Katie and her roommates have achieved which conflict outcome?

Your family would be considered what kind of group?

__________ is the ability to influence others’ behaviors and thoughts toward a productive end.

Power that stems from a leader’s ability to threaten or harm others is referred to as

__________ is a negative interaction between two or more interdependent people, which is rooted in some actual or perceived disagreement.

The interconnection and interdependence between two individuals is referred to as

You feel uncomfortable talking to your friend David about how frustrated you are that you’ve been forced to work a lot of overtime lately because David has been unemployed for the past six months. We would refer to your conflict avoidance behavior as

This theory says that we make relationship choices by comparing the things about another person or a relationship that benefit us in some way against the things about that person or relationship that upset us, cause us stress, or damage our self-concept or lifestyle.

The dominant temper, attitudes, and outlook of a relationship are most closely identified with which of the following concepts?