Explain the Five Interpersonal Conflict Handling Styles with Regards to Cooperativeness

question 34

Essay

Explain the five interpersonal conflict handling styles with regards to cooperativeness and assertiveness. Give a situation where each one should be used.

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Definitions:

Operant Conditioning

A training technique that adjusts the level of a behavior through positive reinforcement or negative punishment.

Behavior Consequences

Refers to the outcomes or results that follow an individual's behavior, which can influence future behaviors through reinforcement or punishment.

Counterconditioning

Behavior therapy procedures that use classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors; include exposure therapies and aversive conditioning.

Operant Conditioning

A learning process in which the strength of a behavior is modified by reinforcement or punishment.