Health: Conflict Resolution

Which of the following is something you can control?

• Feeling disappointed

• Not agreeing with you parents

• Yelling at your best friend

• A difficult classmate

What does "empathize" mean?

• understand

• talk

• disagree

• smile

Joe wants to play basketball. John wants to play video games. Which is a compromise?

• They play each game for an hour.

• They don't hang out together at all.

• They play only basketball.

• They argue until someone gives up.

When resolving a conflict, which attitude should you not have?

• Excited

• Sad

• Confused

• Rage

A mediator helps to settle disputes, or arguments, between two people. A mediator is similar to:

• A ballplayer

• A lawyer

• A judge

• A business person

What would most likely happen if you yell at someone?

• They will see your side of things.

• They want to be your friend.

• They won't care.

• They get angry.

Someone who must always get their way, is most often viewed as...

• selfish

• persuasive

• not smart

• helpful

You are upset with your mom for throwing away your comic books. How should you tell her?

• "How could you do something so horrible?"

• "You have no right to touch my things!"

• "That was really mean and thoughtless."

• "i'm upset that you threw away my comics."

If you are arguing with a classmate, who is the best to mediate the dispute?

• You

• Your best friend

• Your teacher

• Your classmate's brother

Place the following steps for resolving a conflict in order:

A) Breathe deeply, B) Suggest a compromise, C) Listen to what another person says

• C, B, A

• A, C, B

• B, A, C

• A, B, C