1) Mental health experts find it is better for people to disagree with you than to ignore you. a) Recall specific examples to illustrate this point and b) using the scenarios provided at the very end of the "communication competence" tab (10.4.3) in Unit 5.1 (find where it says "Practice", choose one discuss one way you might disagree without being disconfirming, consider what you might say and do to convey the given relational subtext.
2) Watch the following video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZBTYViDPlQ&t=8s about empathy and answer the questions below.
a) Based on what you learned in the reading in Unit 5.1 and from watching this video, briefly explain what empathy means to you, b) how is empathy different from sympathy?, and c) Do you believe it is possible to feel empathy in a situation that you have never experienced (e.g., have empathy for a friend whose father has died but yours is alive and well)?
3) Watch the following scene from the movie "The BreakUp" that takes place immediately after a dinner party Brooke and Gary hosted for family and friends.  After watching the clip, answer the questions below.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bqhVqTuFO4
a) What is at least one skill you've learned about that might have helped Brooke manage this conflict more productively?  b) What is one skill you've learned about that might have helped Gary manage this conflict more productively?
4) Consider how the strategies to approaching and responding to a conflict (described in 11.3.1) could help you manage a conflict more productively.  What parts prove most helpful?  Which are most difficult?  Why?