Hayley Played The Compromiser

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To start with and in my opinion, a social role means that you do your part to keep the group progressing forward. Everyone has their part to play in every group. There are many different social roles. In this episode, Hayley played the compromiser. The compromiser is a person that “resolves conflicts by trying to find an acceptable solution.” (Beebe, Beebe, & Ivy, 2008, p. 242) When the witch was trying to kill Klaus, Hayley kept telling her that there had to be another way to defeat the enemy without killing Klaus. Social roles can be found in almost every episode from the beginning. As far as my experience goes, I would say work is the one place that roles come into play. It’s more of the maintenance side, I suppose. I’m a bartender and work

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