Question

instructions: read the six scenarios that follow and identify the communication style being used (passive, aggressive, passive - aggressive, or assertive).

1. you yell at a waitress for messing up your order in front of other customers.

a. communication style:

1. you write mean comments about your teacher online instead of talking to your teacher.

a. communication style:

1. you agree to make cupcakes for a soccer party when you do not really want to.

a. communication style:

1. you are mad at your partner, but when your partner asks what is wrong, you say, “stop asking me. nothing’s wrong.”

a. communication style:

1. your friend asks what you want to do, and all you ever say is “i don’t care. you decide.”

a. communication style:

1. you are super frustrated, so you throw things and scare your sister.

a. communication style:

Explanation:

1.

Yelling at the waitress in front of others shows a forceful, disrespectful way of expressing anger, which is aggressive communication (expressing feelings in a hostile, non - respectful way to others).

Writing mean comments online instead of directly communicating with the teacher is a way of expressing negative feelings in an indirect and somewhat hostile way (not open confrontation but still negative and avoiding direct talk), which is passive - aggressive.

Agreeing to do something you don't want to do without expressing your true feelings is a passive way of communicating (not standing up for your own wants/needs).

Answer:

A. aggressive

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