Lecture Outline for February 3, 2000
Taboo Topics & Conflict Strategies


I. Types

• A. State of the Relationship
  
• B. Extra-Relationship Activities
  
• C. Relationship Norms
  
• D. Prior Relationships
  
• E. Negatively-Valenced Self-Disclosure
• F. Conflict Inducing Topics
  

II. Conflict Strategies

• A. Avoidance
  
  1. Non-strategies
  2. Avoidant strategies
  3. Indirect strategies
  4. Submissive
  
  
• B. Competition
  
  1. Confrontative Remarks
     
  
  
• C. Collaboration
  
  1. Analytic Remarks
  2. Concilliatory Remarks
     

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