Define gunnysacking and describe a conflict scenario that illustrates the concept. What would you advise a person using this strategy to do to achieve a more constructive tone?
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
- Gunnysacking is the process of storing up grievances and then unloading them when an argument arises. Guunysacking does not help resolve conflict and resentment and hostility can escalate.
- Students' example will vary.
- Rather than gunnysacking, a more constructive approach is to focus on the here and now (rather than old issues from the past) and focus conflict only on the person with whom you're fighting (rather than others associated with that person).
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Rodney has a job interview scheduled for 9:00 a.m. with an important organization. He considers himself to be a punctual person, so he makes sure to arrive at 9:00 a.m. exactly. He is kept waiting for twenty minutes. Unfortunately, he does not get the job, and when Rodney asks a friend who works in human resources for her opinion, she informs him that he was "late" to the interview by showing up at 9:00 am; she tells him that he should have arrived no later than 8:45 a.m. The interviewer's time was perceived as more valuable than Rodney's. This situation illustrates that the use of time sends messages about
A. social norms. B. what we value. C. power. D. how we feel about others.