Final Post

Throughout this semester I have learned many different things in terms of communications and conflicts. For example, the most important thing that I have learned throughout all of this is the fact that no matter what, conflict is going to be inevitable. There is no getting around it or avoiding it, but you can manage it. I learned that stopping yourself, thinking about the problem, listen to what the other person in the conflict has to say, and then communicating and using your words rather then your actions can be a great way of dealing with conflicts. Most of the time the conflicts in our lives are not really that big of deal; they are simple things that we tend to blow out of proportion and make it seem worse then it actually is. I learned most important how to use words and communicate effectively with people in my life rather then resort to conflict.

Post 2... December 8, 2012

The things that I liked the most about taking this class is the fact that even though it was my first online class I felt as if it went pretty smoothly. All directions were made super clear to us and detailed. But, if there were any problems and I was confused about anything I knew I could email our professor and get a response very quickly. Content wise I think that I got a lot out of this class because of all the different solutions that I found in terms of conflicts and avoiding them or working them out. I don’t really think I don’t have any complaints or anything like that from this class; everything went pretty smoothly. I would definitely recommend this class to any body who was thinking about taking it. Although it was my only online class I have ever taken I still think that it was fun and beneficial. 

POST 1 December 6, 2012

I think that the reasons why people have such negative views on conflict is because of the way that it is described in movies and places in which they do not see it. Movies and television portray conflict as a huge over-thrown event and not how it actually is. People in turn view conflict as this super negative thing that has to be very bad. I believe that they more people know as well as experience conflict the better off they will be and the less they will fear it. As with anything in life, the more that we know about it the less fear we have. Once people get to truly experience conflict for themselves they will learn how to deal with it as well as ways in which they can avoid it. The most important thing in it all is avoiding conflict, so the more they know, the better off we will be when things do arise.

WEEK 11 POST 2

There have been many situations in my life in which false attributions have exacerbated a conflict situation. I think that every day we have false attributions about people or situations. There may be a situation in which someone is look at you wrong and you think that they are looking for a conflict, but in fact that do not have any problem with you at all. That is probably the most common one that I could think of. Also, I feel like making an accurate attribution can help us because if you look at someone and feel like they are no real threat and are definitely not looking for a problem then there is no way that you would go out of you way to start a conflict with them. Correct and false attributions can be the difference between someone creating a conflict and avoiding one and I think it is very important to be able to distinguish between the two so that we avoid the conflict completely.