Communication 4 Problem Solving

What do you do when someone isnt listening to you?

• Politely ask them to pay attention

• Start yelling

• Do nothing

• Other

You and your best friend are hanging out and they wont get off of their phone, you flip out. What could you do instead?

• Communicate to your friend that they are hurting your feelings

• Be passive aggressive

• Shove your feelings down

• Apologize to your friend and pick another activity to do together

Your friend bailed on going to the movies with you by saying they were sick. Later you learn they went out with someone else.

• You flip out and decide that you are no longer friends with them

• You tell them that it really bothered you and instead next time they can just be honest with you

• You return the favor and invite another friend to the movies with you instead

• You let your friend know that you are upset and what they could do next time

You are always early to things and your friends are always late. What do you do?

• Ask your friends to work on their time management

• Get mad and cancel plans with them

• Create a schedule

• Don't do anything

One of your friends is being harassed online, they come to you for comfort. What do you say?

• Tell your friend to get over it

• Jump on the internet and defend your friend

• Tell your friend that they need to stand up for themselves

• Tell your friend that they need to be the bigger person and ignore the comments

What are the steps for conflict resolution?

• Stop and Think, redirect, investigate, and compromise

• I don't know

• there aren't any ways

• Stop and think, and compromise

Why is problem solving important?

• It brings people confidence and generally improves relationships

• Its not

• People don't think its important.

You see a fight happening in the hallway. What do you do?

• Report it to a teacher or trusted adult

• Do Nothing

• Jump in and break it up

• Tell someone in the office or the security officer

Think of something that makes you feel anxious, how do you handle it?

• You freak out, completely shutting down

• you get angry and lash out

• You communicate to a trusted adult about what it making you anxious and work through it

• you use your coping strategies and calmly work through what is making you anxious

Your teacher is moving on to the next activity but you aren't done yet. What do you do?

• Finish what you are doing and catch up as quickly as you can

• Ask your teacher to slow down

• Give up

• Don't finish what you were working on and move on to what the teacher is doing instead