Exam 35: Face-Negotiation Theory

In the context of the five styles of conflict management, which of the following best describes "integrating"?

Unlike people with a mutual-face concern, people with an other-face concern will favor an integrating strategy of apologizing, private discussion, remaining calm, problem solving, or showing respect.

Discuss and provide an example each of face-restoration and face-giving. How are they related to culture?

In a conflict, people from collectivistic cultures are more likely to focus on face-restoration than on face-giving.

Members of individualistic cultures tend to rely on the conflict resolution style of dominating.

Compare individualistic and collectivistic cultures, particularly with respect to conflict face-negotiation theory.

Are the strategies of emotional expression, passive aggression, and third-party help viewed positively or negatively by most Americans? Can you think of situations in which one or more of these strategies might be more effective than any of the traditional five styles (avoiding, obliging, compromising, dominating, and integrating)?

In response to conflict, individuals who are members of collectivistic cultures and who score high on other-face concern usually choose the ________ conflicting style.

Self-construal refers to:

The we-identity of Americans is similar to the I-identity of the Japanese.

How might Mead, Pearce, Cronen, or other social constructionists view Ting-Toomey's notion of face? How is it a socially constructed phenomenon?