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