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  1. Nov 2024
    1. Conflict is a normal, natural part of relating to others. Maybe you enjoy listening to music at night, whereas your housemates prefer quiet

      Conflict is so normal, especially when you love someone. Most of my arguments were at a young age between girlfriends. We were all very territorial of our friends and didn’t like it when one wasn’t invited to play at another girls house. It caused a lot of tears, but I feel like this teaches us how to communicate our feelings and, how do we help men to friendships even through heartbreak?

    2. Labeling goals as incompatible doesn’t simply mean that they are different. Rather, two goals are incompatible when it’s impossible to satisfy both of them. You want to change lanes on the freeway, but the driver next to you won’t let you in

      I relate to this all too well… I wanted to go to an internship in California, but my parents thought it was not smart. I understand they mean well and I want to satisfy both parties including myself. Mean while I wanted to also stay at MSU my goals have been really hard to achieve lately.

    3. Conflict, therefore, is a behavior. Sometimes we express our disagreements verbally, but we can also express them through a nonverbal behavior such as a mean look or a harsh tone of voice.

      Oh my.. do I remember this! Most of the drama for me began in early to late middle school. In fact really middle school and elementary. Learning how to manage conflict at a young age is so important. But dang. Girls can be so mean!

  2. Oct 2024
    1. Marge Simpson is seldom shy about expressing disapproval when her husband or her children misbehave. She frequently communicates her feelings through her facial expressions, posture, and the grunting sound she makes when she’s annoyed. Those and other nonverbal communication behaviors clearly convey Marge’s state of mind to anyone who happens to be around her

      Obviously this is a TV show, it this does happen to so many women with families. I am very strong willed and would not put up with being so submissive or subtle. People and children need to be aware of people’s feelings. And as a parent and wife you need to be strong enough emotionally to communicate that.

    2. The fact that two people come from different cultures doesn’t mean they can’t communicate with each other nonverbally. It simply means they should be aware of the many ways in which their cultural background is influencing how they do so.

      Very true. At the end of the day we are all human. Sometimes we just have to be more aware of how we interact with other cultures, because we would not want to come across as rude or insensitive.

    3. Decades of research indicate that people around the world express emotions—particularly primary emotions such as happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise, and disgust—in highly similar ways

      This is very true! Especially when going to big cities it’s easy to be disgusted at the homelessness and drug use, it’s hard to not make faces or want to help. In bigger cities it’s more common to hide your facial expressions and just look at the ground instead of a more blunt approach.