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internal vs. external conflict
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part 1: decide whether the conflicts in the chart below are external or external. if a particular conflict is external, then decide if it is individual vs. individual, individual vs. self, individual vs. nature, or individual vs. society. write this answer in the same box where you wrote internal/external.
chart with columns \internal or external\ and \conflict\
conflict entries:
- a friend tells you that she wants you to go to her birthday party on saturday night, but your mother has planned a family outing. in addition, your cousin is coming to town and she is expecting you to go to the movies with her.
- in the hallway at school, you get angry at a friend and you push her into a group of other students who are talking. she pushes you back and you find yourself in a fight.
- you are planting a garden for your mother for mother’s day when it starts to rain. it’s impossible to work outside, but mother’s day is tomorrow and you are nowhere near done.
- you are overloaded with homework. you know your teacher won’t give you an extension, so you quickly complete your work in order to get a c. when the teacher returns your paper, you are extremely disappointed that you didn’t spend a lot of time on your work.
top table (partial) conflicts:
- (cut off) the construction zone... call a tow truck
- george is out in washington, d.c. he has gathered a group of friends from his community, church, and school to protest against the newest law passed by congress. he and his friends march in front of the capitol building in hopes that the law will be revoked (taken away).
- millie’s teacher expects her to come in during raws. she would rather go to the library. millie doesn’t want to disappoint her teacher and she doesn’t want to miss out on time in the library. can you say dilemma?
- marvin can’t find his baseball cards anywhere. marvin begins looking through gilbert’s bureau and finds the cards. this is the last time marvin’s little brother steals marvin’s stuff. determined to teach gilbert a lesson, marvin walks up to gilbert and pinches gilbert in the ear.
To solve this, we analyze each conflict:
1. “A friend tells you...movies with her.”
- Type: External (multiple external pressures: friend’s party, family outing, cousin’s movie plan).
- Sub - type: Individual vs. Others (conflict with external social obligations from different people).
2. “In the hallway at school...in a fight.”
- Type: External.
- Sub - type: Individual vs. Individual (physical fight between two students).
3. “You are planting a garden...near done.”
- Type: External.
- Sub - type: Individual vs. Nature (conflict with rain, a natural element, disrupting gardening).
4. “You are overloaded with homework...time on your work.”
- Type: Internal.
- Sub - type: Individual vs. Self (conflict within oneself: choosing to rush work for a C vs. disappointment over lack of effort).
Final Answers (for each row, left column “Internal or External” and sub - type):
- External; Individual vs. Others
- External; Individual vs. Individual
- External; Individual vs. Nature
- Internal; Individual vs. Self
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To solve this, we analyze each conflict:
1. “A friend tells you...movies with her.”
- Type: External (multiple external pressures: friend’s party, family outing, cousin’s movie plan).
- Sub - type: Individual vs. Others (conflict with external social obligations from different people).
2. “In the hallway at school...in a fight.”
- Type: External.
- Sub - type: Individual vs. Individual (physical fight between two students).
3. “You are planting a garden...near done.”
- Type: External.
- Sub - type: Individual vs. Nature (conflict with rain, a natural element, disrupting gardening).
4. “You are overloaded with homework...time on your work.”
- Type: Internal.
- Sub - type: Individual vs. Self (conflict within oneself: choosing to rush work for a C vs. disappointment over lack of effort).
Final Answers (for each row, left column “Internal or External” and sub - type):
- External; Individual vs. Others
- External; Individual vs. Individual
- External; Individual vs. Nature
- Internal; Individual vs. Self