COM105-Interpersonal Communication

1.Identify the Dialectical Tensions operating in the situations below, taking time to explain the conflicting feelings and thoughts in each:  connection vs. autonomy, openness vs. privacy, predictability vs. novelty.

2.Then select one or more of the eight strategies for Managing Dialectical Tensions (denial, disorientation, alternation, segmentation, balance, integration, recalibration, and reaffirmation) that you believe would be most beneficial to the relationship, and explain how the relationship would deal with the dialectical tension under these circumstances.

3.Finally describe dialectical tensions at work in your own relationships and label and explain the strategies that you use to deal with them