Hi, I'm Julie Tietz, and welcome to Conflict Resolution-- Putting Pieces Together. Today we're going to talk about the pre-conflict stage of conflict. So let's get started. Pre-conflict stage-- the stage of conflict in which parties' needs are not being met, but are unaware of the relationship between them. Conflict can be modeled as going through a number of stages, which describe the intensity and nature of parties' behaviors and attitudes as the conflict continues. There are a number of ways that we can break down stages of conflict, but all models look at pre-conflict, conflict, and post-conflict.
And conflicts might escalate or de-escalate from one stage to another. And all of these stages represent a varying degree of intensity within the conflict. In the pre-conflict stage, parties needs could be met at this stage. So things could be going just great or parties needs are not being met, but they don't realize that their needs aren't being met yet at this stage of conflict. Let's use the example of a relationship with a significant other. Let's say that you haven't been getting enough alone time.
And maybe you're not aware that you need this alone time, but it's not happening right now. And this could be a precursor to the beginning of a conflict. Another example could be you need to be on time for work, but lately it hasn't been happening. And you're always consistently about five minutes late. You're not aware that this is a need that you have quite yet-- but again, this could be a build up to the beginning of a conflict. So let's go over the key points of this tutorial on pre-conflict.
All models of conflict resolution look at pre-conflict, conflict, and post-conflict. And conflicts may escalate or de-escalate through these different stages. Each of these stages represents a varying degree of intensity within the conflict. Pre-conflict is the stage where needs could be or could not be met, and we just don't realize that this is happening. Thank you again for listening to this tutorial, and I hope to catch you again next time.