Problem-solving social situations Social scenario questionnaire

A friend calls one afternoon and invites you to dinner at their house that evening, but you’re in the middle of doing your homework when they call. You:

• a. politely turn down the invitation and finish your homework

• b. kindly tell them that you will get back to them shortly, while you check with your parents

• c. immediately stop what you are doing and tell them that you’ll be right over

• d. become anxious because you can’t decide what to do

You are the new student at your high school and have trouble making friends easily. You:

• a. join a club to meet other students with common interests

• b. introduce yourself to other students, despite your discomfort

• c. wait until another student initiates a friendship with you

• d. do nothing

You are tired of eating lunch alone every day at school. You:

• a. offer to share your lunch with someone so they will spend time with you

• b. approach a classmate(s) that you know and hint that you’d like to join them

• c. skip eating lunch all together

• d. feel bad, but make no effort to change your situation

Your partner in chemistry lab never does their share of the lab work and this bothers you. You:

• a. ask your chemistry partner to pitch in more

• b. immediately explain the situation to the teacher and ask for their help

• c. survey the other students to find a new chemistry partner

• d. do nothing

You agree to meet a teammate at the local pizzeria after your soccer game, but you lose track of time. You arrive 30 minutes late and your teammate is no longer there. You:

• a. call your teammate to apologize and ask if they can still meet you at the pizzeria

• b. leave the pizzeria and apologize to your teammate the next day

• c. do nothing because you don’t know what to do

• d. assume your teammate forgot to meet you at the pizzeria

Some students in your P.E. class are making negative remarks about your athletic ability during class. You:

• a. politely ask them to stop

• b. ignore their comments

• c. get upset and tell the P.E. coach

• d. tell your parents you no longer want to take P.E. class

You and your little sister are home alone and you decide to cook something on the stove for dinner. Suddenly you smell something burning from your kitchen, but you don’t see any smoke and can’t determine the source. You:

• a. turn off the stove immediately and call the fire department to explain the situation

• b. turn off the stove, exit your house immediately (with your sister), and wait for your 

  parents to come home

• c. do nothing since you don’t see any smoke coming from the stove

• d. instantly become alarmed and hysterically call your parent(s)

You have an A+ grade in English class, but missed the final test because you were out sick on the day it was given. You:

• a. ask your teacher if your missed test will affect your grade

• b. are worried about your perfect grade and ask your teacher if you can take a make-up 

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• c. do nothing because you don’t know what to do

• d. do nothing because you don’t care

9. You have a friend over to your house after school and decide to make cookies for the school fundraiser. Your friend would rather make a cake than cookies, and you can’t seem to agree. You:

• a. compromise and decide to make both

• b. concede and make the cake instead

• c. tell your friend you are making cookies and it’s not negotiable

• d. get upset and ask your friend to leave

10. You’re out to lunch with a friend from school when you realize that you have forgotten your lunch money. You:

• a. tell your friend that you’ve forgotten your money and ask if they have any money to loan 

  you

• b. tell your friend that you’ve forgotten your money and ask if they will share their lunch with 

  you

• c. say nothing and eat nothing

• d. ask if you can have your friend’s lunch to eat