My boyfriend has been looking to buy a car recently, and
we have dealt with a lot of car salesmen. So I am going to use the example of
making a big purchase such as a car to show a non-interpersonal conflict. When
the car salesmen fractionates the purchase and breaks it all down explaining to
you what you are getting for your money, it makes you feel like your making
less of an impulse buy. You want to know why this car is better then all the
other cars on the market so, the Salesmen breaks it all down for you and
explains what your getting for your value. Then you want to both reach a common
ground on pricing so you tend to go back and forth and compromise till you find
a common ground. I tend to think of these terms only in a interpersonal
communication aspect, but breaking down these terms into non-interpersonal
conflicts makes me realize that on a daily basis I have many conversations that
involve reframing, common ground, frantionation and framing.
I just have to say that I really liked the way that you broke down these processes by using a really simple example. I wouldn't have ever thought of buying a car as something that could be broken down with fractionation and framing, re-framing, and finding common ground. However, your example does work well. I also had a difficult time translating these things into something other than interpersonal conflict and used the example of cleaning my house. I guess that you can really view any challenge as a sort of conflict that can be broken down into a process and worked on accordingly.
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