Journal 2

Requirements：

Activity:

1. You can choose to either report a conflict that you observed or recall a conflict that you experienced earlier. The conflict should be one that took place within the past three weeks.

2. Talk to the participants that were involved in the conflicts about how they managed the conflict:

1. Did they have a good startup? Why or why not?

2. How did they feel about the interaction? What were the communicative behaviors that made them feel productive or unproductive in a conflict?

· Did certain nonverbal behaviors influence their perception of the conflict? In what way?

1. Make sure that you talk to all people who were involved in the conflict (i.e., at least two people). If you were one of the participants, you can write your reflection about the conflict. [Essentially, you will interview the participants and try to figure how whether the gendered nonverbal profiles, differences, and Gottman’s theory applies in the particular conflict episode.]

 

Journal Write-up: Requirements

1. Use the first paragraph to provide background information: Who were the participants, what was the conflict (the two participants may have different ideas about what the conflict was), was this a temporary or chronic problem? anything you think may be relevant to your later analysis should be included.

2. Provide a synthesized, organized, and systematic report of your interviews.

3. Based on the lecture, uploaded videos, and supplemental readings (i.e., if you are writing the journal, I strongly recommend you read the Gottman’s reading on Canvas and watch Gottman’s TED talk), analyze the conflict and try to apply the concepts and theories as much as you can.

4. Were the behaviors of the people involved in the conflict consistent with the gender roles/behaviors suggested by the theories?

1. Be critical of the theories as well as the conflict you observed. Were the theories/course concepts proved to be applicable to the situation?

2. Were they sufficient to explain each individual’s behavior in the conflict? If they seemed somewhat different than what you observed, explain and examine what may have caused the differences?

5. If you were to provide suggestions to the participants’ future conflict management, what will your suggestions be? Why?

Video links:

1. https://www.ted.com/talks/sheryl_sandberg_why_we_have_too_few_women_leaders?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

2. https://www.ted.com/talks/john_gottman_the_science_of_love?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

3. https://ou.kanopy.com/video/how-different-are-male-and-female-brains

4. https://ou.kanopy.com/video/empathy-gap