Benefit's Package: A Case Study

When Fred said, “Because I said so. OK? Finished. Closed,” is an example of the non-negotiation strategy. Non-negotiation strategy is refusing to discuss the conflict or to listen to the other person’s argument. Fred said this in response to Margaret saying, “Fred, they’re nice people. Why shouldn’t she go?” Fred is thinking at this point that he wants to establish control over the family in any way he can. He makes less money than Margaret and thinks his family doesn’t respect him for working at a gas station. This makes him feel insecure about his power within the family, because he thinks his wife and his kids don’t respect him. If he is able to establish control, he thinks he will have their respect.

Fred is using the course concept Work-Related problems. Work-Related Problems are problems associated with either partner’s job that often lead to difficulties within the relationship. The difficulty in this relationship is that Margaret makes a lot more money as a teacher than Fred does as a gas station attendant. However, Fred wants to have at least the

The Benefit’s Package is the basic necessities an interpersonal relationship, like family member’s relationship, that help alleviate loneliness, enable you to secure stimulation, help you gain self-knowledge and enhance your self-esteem, and enable you to maximize pleasure and minimize pain. These are the basic needs to every interpersonal relationship, and Stephen is not receiving any of them from his family. His family actually does the opposite of all the necessities of the benefit’s package. So he uses verbal aggression to try to attain some notice in the family to relieve the loneliness and isolation that is created by his family. However, by using this unproductive strategy his family does not understand that he thinks that his family doesn’t care about him, feels lonely, neglected, and jealous, and needs attention from his