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This is a glossary of terms related to the field of conflict resolution education. You'll find the terms followed by a short definition and any related terms that you might want to become familiar with. Another useful tool for understanding more general education-related terms is the ERIC thesaurus.
- Reactive attribution
- when we evaluate the behavior as relatively involuntary or accidental
- Reciprocal strategies
- One of Selman's interpersonal negotiation strategies in which children realize that one must get agreement from both parties, but they don't understand that these must be mutually satisfying agreements
- Recognition
- a type of confirming behavior in which you recognize the other person is there and has sent a bid
- Referent power
- Influence we have because of personal charisma or because of the group we belong to
- Reframing
- we change the interpretation of an event or communication, we take threatening information or events and see something positive in it or vice versa
- Regulators
- the nonverbal communication behaviors that function as ",traffic signals",, vocal and gestural actions that control the flow of interactive speech
- Relational bids
- a meta-message that proposes how we define the relationship and how we define self and other in that relationship
- Resistance point
- In bargaining, the worst outcome you will accept and still settle
- Retrospective goals
- How we see our goals in conflict after the conflict has been managed - hindsight
- Reward/coercion power
- Influence we have because we have the ability to reward or punish someone
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