Assignment (500-800 words)

You are to analyze one person with whom you have a romantic relationship. Apply

• How the relationship got started. First impressions?

• One of the best time you’ve shared together.

• One of the worst or most difficult times you’ve had together. 

• Conflict points in your relationship or substantive areas where you disagree.

• The advantages and disadvantages of your relationship.

• What is their biggest fear? (in life)

• People whom they admire and why

Writing the paper:

Analyze
your relationship with your partner. How did you learn to deal with
conflict? Were you socialized to use passive, assertive or aggressive
strategies? How does your gender affect the way you deal with conflict?
What cultural influences do you see as having an effect? Are you comfortable with the way in which you deal with
conflict? Think of a time when you were involved in a conflict? Did the
conflict come to a satisfactory end? If so, how? Why do you think this
conflict arose? How might you avoid such a conflict in the future? Think of a recent conflict you have experienced . How was power distributed in the confrontation? Do you feel you handle the conflict in a non assertive, indirect, passive aggressive, assertive, or aggressive way? Most importantly: Do all the above utilizing some of the concepts and theories from the documents below. You are required to create a work cited page and in-text citation the concepts and theories from these two chapters.