| Accommodation | sacrificing, in whole or in part, your own preferences and points of view.
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| Adept | skilled.
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| Autonomy | the desire to retain independence.
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| Avoidance | attempting to evade conflict.
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| Change | the need for novelty and new experiences.
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| Coercion | psychologically or physically forcing the other person to accept your point of view.
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| Collaboration | working together to reach consensus.
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| Communication climate | the way people feel about their interactions with others, either in relationships or in groups.
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| Compromise | giving up something in order to find an acceptable solution to the problem.
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| Conflict | a condition of disharmony and disagreement that exists when people who depend on one another see their needs, beliefs and values, or goals as incompatible.
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| Connection | the need to be included in a relationship.
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| Constructive responses to conflict | communication characterized by cooperation, shared interests, flexibility, open discussion, and support of differences.
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| Contempt | disdain, scorn, or disapproval.
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| Defensiveness | acting protectively or as if one has been attacked.
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| Destructive responses to conflict | communication characterized by competition, self-centeredness, hostility, and defensiveness.
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| Dialectical tensions | ongoing, changing needs that are often opposite or contradictory.
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| Expression | the need to be or have others be open, candid, and confiding.
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| Fester | annoy, irritate, or aggravate to make something worse.
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| Flaming | impolite outbursts.
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| High context | an interaction style in which people expect others to figure out implicit meanings based on the situation or the relationship between communicators.
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| Lavish | plentiful or extravagant.
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| Low context | an interaction style in which communicators expect information to be direct and explicit.
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| Participation | the level of communication where we accept others who are different as unique, valuable, and integrated into our lives.
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| Passive aggression | indirect expression of hostility, often through the use of humor, guilt, or inconsiderate behavior.
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| Persuasion | attempting to get others to change their point of view.
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| Privacy | the need to be or have others be restrained, circumspect, and distant.
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| Resistance | the level of communication where we judge others who are different and avoid or reject them.
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| Respect | the level of communication where we begin to see value in the ways that others are different.
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| Stability | the need to control our environment through safe and conventional routines.
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| Stonewalling | attempt to avoid or postpone discussion.
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| Tolerance | the level of communication where we are willing to acknowledge that differences exist.
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