Example Of A Conflict Theory Paper

Lane, Abigail, and Gooch note that “a conflict situation is determined by the people who play out particular roles, the specific context where it takes place, the particular point in time when the interchange occurs, and the expectations for behavior implied within it” (p. 152). The conflict described in this paper is between George, a fellow classmate, and me here at Trident Technical College. To full the requirements of this paper, I will use and apply the five-step process of the phase theory, “a theory which assumes that a conflict unfolds in fairly a predictable way over a period of time and progresses through recognizable stages of interaction” (p. 157).
In step one, “the prelude to conflict consists of all the circumstances that make conflict possible between those involved” (p.157). Before we

We would greet and have brief conversations from time to time on campus. The setting of our conflict occurred in the 950 or the Film and Media Arts building. The evolution of this situation happened in three different classes and over a span of approximately eighteen months. “The triggering event is a behavior that at least one person in the conflict points to as the ‘beginning’ of the problem” (p. 157). I first noticed something different about him when I showed him the video of my final project. For a very talkative person, he said nothing and gave me the cold shoulder. After that, he would criticize many of my ideas in and out of the classroom. However, that was not the start of the conflict. It was during the second class that we took together. When he presented his project’s progress work to the class for a critique, I commented that he should have shot the frame minus the trash cans. It was from that point that he made it his mission to verbally attack and degrade me, whenever possible. Not to add fuel to