Conflict Resolution Scenarios

You see two of your friends arguing at school. What is the best way to help them resolve their conflict?

• Take sides and escalate the argument

• Listen to both sides, encourage open communication, and help find a compromise.

• Ignore them and walk away

• Laugh at their disagreement

Your classmates are not including you in their group project. How would you address this situation?

• Ignore the situation and work alone on the project.

• Drop out of the class to avoid the issue.

• Spread rumors about your classmates to get back at them.

• Communicate directly with classmates, express interest, ask for reasons, and address concerns.

During a sports game, a teammate blames you for a mistake that was not your fault. How would you handle this conflict?

• Calmly explain the situation and focus on finding a solution together.

• Immediately quit the game and walk away

• Ignore the situation and refuse to communicate with your teammate

• Yell at your teammate and blame them for another mistake

You and your best friend have a disagreement over which movie to watch. How can you both compromise and find a solution?

• Take turns choosing the movie

• Ask a stranger to choose for you

• Flip a coin to decide

• Have a heated argument until one gives in

A classmate is spreading rumors about you. How would you address this conflict and stop the rumors?

• Spread counter-rumors about the classmate.

• Ignore the rumors and hope they stop on their own.

• Talk with the classmate calmly and ask them to stop spreading rumors.

• Seek revenge on the classmate without addressing the issue directly.

You accidentally break a classmate's pencil. How can you take responsibility and resolve the situation?

• Ignore the situation and hope it goes unnoticed

• Laugh at the classmate for being upset

• Blame someone else for the broken pencil

• Apologize, offer to replace or compensate, and be more careful.

Your group of friends is planning an outing, but they cannot agree on the location. How can you help them reach a decision?

• Create a list of potential locations and have each friend vote for their top choice. The location with the most votes is the chosen outing spot.

• Let the loudest friend decide the location

• Have each friend choose a location secretly and reveal simultaneously

• Flip a coin to decide the location

You and a classmate have different opinions on a school project. How can you both listen to each other and find a middle ground?

• Active listening, calm expression of views, identification of common goals, and collaborative compromise.

• Ignoring each other's opinions and working separately

• Forcing one person's opinion on the other

• Arguing loudly and refusing to compromise

You notice a classmate is being picked on. What is the best way to help them?

• Join in and pick on the classmate too.

• Stand up for the classmate and tell a trusted adult about the situation.

• Laugh along but feel bad about it later.

• Ignore the situation completely.

A friend of yours keeps hiding your belongings and thinks it's funny. You do not. What do you do?

• Continue to let it happen because you still want to be friends.

• Communicate to your friend how you do not appreciate what they are doing with your things.

• Start hiding your friends' things.

• Yell at the friend to stop!