Explain your chosen situation with some basic details and describe the situation you were/are addressing.

Explain your chosen situation with some basic details and describe the situation you were/are addressing. This is an example make up your own (Ex. Your significant other has asked you to pick up the house for friends that are coming over that night) 2. Use one set of Gibb’s categories; explain the communication that can guide the relationship towards a positive climate. Then repeat for the communication that can guide the relationship towards a negative climate. (Use actual quotes that might occur) This is an example make up your own (Ex. Control = "You had better pick up the house before I get home or else… ") 3. Now explain what would push a person to choose one path (positive/negative) over the other and the impact that each choice could have on the relationship. This is an example make up your own (Ex. Stress at work might push someone to go the route of Control instead of Problem Orientation) Evaluation — Description Control — Problem Orientation Strategy — Spontaneity Neutrality — Empathy Superiority — Equality Certainty — Provisionalism