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If I want something that I’m not getting, I’m likely to:
1. Feel helpless and give up
2. Concentrate on finding ways to work toward it
3. Get angry and insist on having what I want
I think the best way to relate to close friends is to:
1. Accommodate to their needs
2. Ask them for what I need and expect them to ask for what they need
3. Expect them to accommodate my needs
I think the best way to relate to new people is to:
1. See what kind of people they are before deciding how to relate to them
2. Impress them with my skill and knowledge as soon as possible
3. Be open and direct from the beginning
When I feel hurt by something a family member has done, I tend to:
1. Tell them my feelings and discuss it with them
2. Avoid saying anything to them about it
3. Find a way to get back at them
If I am concerned about how my friend feels about me, I am likely to:
1. Tell my friend of my concern
2. Ask someone else to find out how my friend feels about me
3. Accuse my friend of not caring about me
When my opinion is questioned, I tend to:
1. Back down and wish I hadn’t said anything
2. Defend my opinion and prove I’m right
3. Explore the question in an active interchange
If I want a book a friend has borrowed for a long time, I am likely to:
1. Tell them I’d like to have it back
2. Let them keep it and buy another copy
3. Demand it back and refuse to loan them anything else
When I am asked to do something that I think is inappropriate, I usually:
1. Criticize the person for asking me to do such a thing
2. Go along with it even though I feel uncomfortable
3. State my concerns about it
When someone calls me by the wrong name, I usually:
1. Tell them my name immediately
2. Ask them why they can’t get my name right
3. Figure it’s not worth saying anything about
I think the best way to deal with competition is to:
1. Try to do my best
2. Avoid competition as much as possible
3. Try to win no matter what

When someone is very demanding, I believe it is best to:
1. Refuse to be pushed around and tell them to leave me alone
2. Tell them how I feel about the demands
3. Go along with the demands if I possibly can
If I want to go along a path blocked by people talking, I am likely to:
1. Tell them to get out of my way
2. Go some other way
3. Ask them to let me through
If I disagree with someone else’s opinion, I am likely to:
1. Tell them they are wrong
2. Give them my opinion on the subject
3. Let it pass and say nothing
When someone’s kidding at my expense, I tend to:
1. Retaliate by kidding in the same way
2. State my feelings about the kidding
3. Let it pass and say nothing
When I am asked to volunteer my services for a charity, I tend to:
1. Tell them I refuse to be imposed on
2. Do it whether I want to or not, because I hate to refuse
3. Decide on the basis of my time and interest
If an unpleasant job has to be done around the house, I think it is best to:
1. Force someone else to do it
2. Do it myself without saying anything
3. Discuss it with others involved
If I want to end a phone conversation, I am likely to:
1. Say I have something else to do now and can’t talk any longer
2. Say I don’t have all day to talk on the phone
3. Half-heartedly participate in the conversation and hope it will end
If the hostess serves a dish I dislike, I think it’s best to:
1. Try to eat it anyway
2. Say how much I dislike the dish
3. Decline it in favor of something else
If I want a certain seat in a restaurant, I am likely to:
1. Ask for the seat I want before being seated
2. Get up and move to the seat I want without asking anyone
3. Hope I get it, but accept whatever I get
When I don’t want to do what my friends plan, I think it is best to:
1. Do what I want and let them do what they want
2. Insist that they do what I want to do
3. Go along with the majority

When I am asked where I want to go to eat, I usually:
1. Insist on going to my favorite place
2. Decide where I’d like to go and suggest it
3. Say it doesn’t matter
When asking someone for a favor, I feel it is best to:
1. Feel free to ask without any expectations
2. Insist that others do whatever I need
3. Ask only if it’s absolutely necessary
I think the best way to handle a put-down is to:
1. Ignore it and pretend not to have noticed
2. Tell the person how I feel about it
3. Retaliate and give it right back
When someone cuts in line in front of me, I usually:
1. Say nothing to them
2. Tell them I don’t want them to cut in line in front of me
3. Demand that they move to the back of the line
If I want better service at a restaurant than I am getting, I am likely to:
1. Gripe about the service to myself but say nothing to anyone else
2. Be sarcastic to the waiter and not leave a tip
3. Ask for whatever service I need
When someone interrupts me in the middle of a sentence, I tend to:
1. Ask them to wait a moment until I finish
2. Wait until I get another chance to finish what I was saying
3. Tell them they’re rude to interrupt me
In giving my opinions, I feel it is best to:
1. Present my opinions in an absolute way so that they can’t be questioned
2. Say that I may be wrong, but that I think so and so
3. State my opinions without focusing on whether on whether they are seen as wrong
If I want to leave a party when no one else has left, I am likely to:
1. Try to break up the party
2. Go ahead and leave when I want to
3. Stay until someone else leaves first
If I want something very badly, I am likely to:
1. Hint at what I want and hope to get it
2. Ask for it in a very direct way
3. Insist that I get it
When a friend asks me to do a favor that creates a problem for me, I usually:
1. Pretend it’s no problem and go ahead and do it
2. Tell them I refuse to be taken advantage of
3. Acknowledge the problem it creates and explore alternatives

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