Create a response post to the following post at the bottom.

This is a conflict resolution course, and we are going to use this opportunity to engage in constructive conflict. Theconcern is not the resolution, but the process. You are required to post substantial response posts. The substantial posts mustinclude the following:

1. A direct challenge to a peer's initial post. The challenge can consist of:

• Explaining why the theory is weak and heavily limited
• Demonstrate that there is a better theory out there in the literature to explain the same phenomenon
• Illustrate how the theory does not apply in the real world
• Get creative in your challenges

2. Empirical support and justification

• Do not simply say a post is bad. Articulate why it is bad or why the theory is not a good theory
• Even if you agree with the theory, play devil's advocate and argue the other side!

3. Provide an alternative solution

• Describe an alternative solution to explain the social phenomenon
• Class, this is the beauty of a theory! As long as you accurately describe what the theory is and explain it... I will be grading you on your ability to justify your arguments with empirical support

Post is:

Behavior can be difficult to understand, so it is important to break down the behavior into specific factors, so identifying someone's individual paradigm can help do this. Paradigms are a set of theories we individually develop based on assumptions and ideas that aid in interpreting the world around us. Individual paradigms are the ideas that we create throughout our lives, and they could be completely different than someone else. Although two people are experiencing the same situation, they may interpret it differently because we can only interpret what we understand about our surroundings (Enns & Cresswell, 2017). Paradigms help us dictate the world because they shape our behavior in every situation. In conflict situations, we often believe other people are wrong because we do not share the same paradigms.

In order to identify someone's individual paradigms or interests, we have to be able to define the behavior. A behavior is an outcome or a reaction to a situation that shapes our personality. Behaviors should be objective and easily explained so that we can view them with our five senses. We use our individual paradigms to react to situations that produce a particular behavior (Heimann et al., 2022). We can identify someone's individual paradigms or interests by observing, noticing, and defining their behavior. For example, in a conflict situation, we can observe and define the other person's behavior to try and understand the issue from their perspective. We can identify how they react and why they behave the way they do before responding in a negative way. Another example could include someone saying, "Everything is fine, don't worry about it." This personal paradigm works for a laid-back person, but someone who experiences anxiety would feel anxious even hearing those words.

Every paradigm exists to help us interpret a given phenomenon, and our behavior reflects experiences. However, our paradigms and interests can overlap. They overlap in most scenarios because our interests stem from our experiences. In any situation, we decide if we enjoy or dislike a situation, person, emotion, etc. Paradigms can determine interests because paradigms are created based on past experiences compelling us to behave a certain way.