Lesson 3 Essay
Joe Gannon
Dr. Rachel Reznik
CAS 404
September 21, 2014
Understanding is of the Essence
Conflict situations are an everyday occurrence. With the understanding of the underlying factors of positive and negative communication conducted in situations of conflict, will only enable one to become more solution oriented in times of battle. The three perspectives discussed in chapter two of Working through Conflict are the following: psychodynamic, emotion-based, and the social cognition perspective. The three perspectives each depict different situations of conflict and how to deal with each one separately. Even though, through classification, the perspectives are different; I would like to argue that all three, yet are still so very similar.
Conflict, being the main discussion of these perspectives, also shares the characteristic of a situation created by some internal or external element. With the understanding of these elements pertained specifically to each perspective is what allowed me to derive one conclusion about conflict: The understanding process of conflict is the most important part to conflict, from here, the solution is within reach.
I have generated three pieces of advice with the incorporation of the understanding process to provide the ability for realistic and easy application for one’s future.
Advice #1: During times of absolute frustration or crises, one’s energy immediately rises, from here it is then transferred into a variety of actions and with actions comes responsibility. With this being said, it is then within the person’s best interest to “attribute an outside source with their frustrations to other parties so that their impulses can be legitimized.”(Folger, Poole and Stutman p.43)
This one piece of advice is essential to being able to control situations out of your reach, according to the psychodynamic perspective and its assessment. “Freud and his followers portray the human mind as a reservoir of psychic energy that is
Dr. Rachel Reznik
CAS 404
September 21, 2014
Understanding is of the Essence
Conflict situations are an everyday occurrence. With the understanding of the underlying factors of positive and negative communication conducted in situations of conflict, will only enable one to become more solution oriented in times of battle. The three perspectives discussed in chapter two of Working through Conflict are the following: psychodynamic, emotion-based, and the social cognition perspective. The three perspectives each depict different situations of conflict and how to deal with each one separately. Even though, through classification, the perspectives are different; I would like to argue that all three, yet are still so very similar.
Conflict, being the main discussion of these perspectives, also shares the characteristic of a situation created by some internal or external element. With the understanding of these elements pertained specifically to each perspective is what allowed me to derive one conclusion about conflict: The understanding process of conflict is the most important part to conflict, from here, the solution is within reach.
I have generated three pieces of advice with the incorporation of the understanding process to provide the ability for realistic and easy application for one’s future.
Advice #1: During times of absolute frustration or crises, one’s energy immediately rises, from here it is then transferred into a variety of actions and with actions comes responsibility. With this being said, it is then within the person’s best interest to “attribute an outside source with their frustrations to other parties so that their impulses can be legitimized.”(Folger, Poole and Stutman p.43)
This one piece of advice is essential to being able to control situations out of your reach, according to the psychodynamic perspective and its assessment. “Freud and his followers portray the human mind as a reservoir of psychic energy that is