PSY 3102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Interpersonal Relationship, Disclose, Interpersonal Attraction

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3102
• Professor: Yaroslav Konar

Document Summary

Women and leadership: less than 1% of canada"s top corporations are led by a woman. Females: direct and blunt/domineering, use banter and teasing, strive to maintain one-up position, perceive apologizing as accepting blame, boast, avoid asking questions, fear appearing to lack knowledge. Male managers with female conversational styles: perceived as meek and weak by male subordinates, praised by female subordinates. Females with male conversational styles: perceived by females as cold and haughty, pushy and forceful. Intra group conflict: between individual and a group. Myth 1: conflict can always be avoided: conflict is normal, productive, and inevitable, problem is how conflict is managed. Myth 2: conflict always occurs because of misunderstandings: can be due to different needs or goals. Myth 3: conflict is always a sign of a poor interpersonal relationship: no conflict is more likely to signal problems, honest disagreement is healthy. Myth 4: conflict can always be resolved: perfect harmony is a fantasy; conflicts are inevitable.