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Inside Out: An Analysis Of Interpersonal Communication Concepts

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An Analysis of Interpersonal Communication Concepts In the Movie Inside Out Monica Enriquez, Gerardo Espinosa, Clarissa Rodriguez South Texas College An Analysis of Interpersonal Communication Concepts In the Movie Inside Out According to Adler and Proctor (2011), it talks about responding to transgressions and some examples to that would be coming to an acceptance, rejection and discussion. In the movie “Inside out” we discover how all the emotions try to steer the way to control the little girl “Riley” mind but one specific character by the name of “Joy” is basically the one in charge of them all and tries to take on more of the responsibility in situations. Throughout the movie something happens to Riley and her emotions …show more content…

These habitual styles work sometimes, but they may not be effective in all situations" (page 383). Several conflict styles may not have good outcomes because certain ones lead to either one person not accomplishing their goals or in some cases both parties fail. In Inside Out Joy uses three out of the five different styles to attempt to control the conflicts that she faces throughout the movie. One of the first conflict styles Joy uses in the beginning of the movie is competing. This occurs when one person completes their goals and the other does not. Adler and Proctor stated (2011), "This win-lose approach to conflict involves high concern for self and low concern for others... competition seeks to resolve conflicts "my way" (page 386). In the movie when Joy comes in contact with a conflict she tends to react the way she sees fit. When sadness tries to touch one of Riley's core memories Joy immediately pushes her away and makes her turn her attention to something else so that she won't be in the way. By being pushed away this causes Sadness to be the losing party because she is not able to achieve her goal of having more input in Riley's …show more content…

This happens when both parties dealing with a conflict lose and do not achieve their objectives. According to Adler and Proctor (2011), "Avoiding occurs when people no assertively ignore or stay away from conflict" (page 384). In Inside Out Joy ends up falling into the memory dump where old memories are sent to be erased so that Riley could have more space to make new ones. Right after Joy reaches the bottom of the dump she has a moment where she gives up because it seems completely impossible to be able to get back to the top where Sadness is. This shows her losing because instead of immediately thinking of a way to get out so that she can continue to attempt to get back to headquarters, she instead gives up and focuses on the fact that one of her attempts failed. Meanwhile Sadness is alone, completely gives up, and runs away. When Joy gets out of the memory dump she finds that Sadness has left a trail of blue memories. After following the trail and finding her, Sadness asks her to leave her behind and to just go on without her. Sadness is also losing in this situation because instead of facing the conflict they were both in, she decided to avoid it all together and run

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