1.    What are your own styles of conflicting?
2.    Do you think they work for you?
3.    How did you develop them?  Are they learned or do they have more to do with incidental  variables such as mood of the moment or your opponent’s style?
4.    Are you consistent in them or do they vary from situation to situation?
5.    What determinants are there of your styles (personality type, conditions of stress,              parental modeling, mass media impact)?
6.    How many response styles to conflict situations (e.g., forcing, problem-solving, bargaining, smoothing, avoiding) can you identify among friends and acquaintances?
7.    What kinds of conflicts do you encounter?  Over what issues?
8.    How does conflictual behavior affect you?