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You and your roommate live in a dorm room on campus. Yourroommate has a friend who is on fall break at a different time thanyour school. She wants to invite her friend to visit and stay fortwo nights. You know that you have three tests and a paper due thatweek. You would rather not have a guest that week.

How will you work out this situation with her?

What conflict management style did you use?

What would you do if your roommate did not want to use thisstyle?

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Answer 1 This is a very delicate situation which needs to handled in a manipulative way Saying a direct no can be offensive I would rather talk to my friend and explain my situation to her I would try to negotiate with her and ask her if she can postpone her plan If even that does not    See Answer
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