Task Conflict Is Less Likely to Turn into Relationship Conflict

question 103

Multiple Choice

Task conflict is less likely to turn into relationship conflict when team members

• A)have higher emotional intelligence.
• B)learn how to argue more forcefully with each other.
• C)have high differentiation.
• D)use a forcing style of conflict resolution.
• E)have competitive team norms.

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Definitions:

Intellectual Hypothesis

A tentative explanation or theory that seeks to interpret or solve cognitive, philosophical, or theoretical issues.

Personality

An individual's characteristic pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving that distinguishes one person from another.

Choice Corollary

A principle in George Kelly's personal construct psychology that suggests individuals choose for themselves the construction process that they anticipate will best help them anticipate future events.

Psychotics

Individuals suffering from psychosis, a mental disorder characterized by a disconnection from reality.