Thursday, April 15, 2010

Three Different Interactions

There are three different interactions between people. They are passive, aggressive, and assertive. Passive interaction is when they are easy going towards a situation. Aggressive is when they are confrontational towards a situation. Assertive interaction is when they politely confront.

A situation where I had a passive interaction is when I had a short conflict with my mother. I was passive with our misunderstanding because well...she is my mother. And I do respect her. So by being passive, our conflict didn't last long.

A time where I had aggressive interaction was about a week ago when Ray Benson lost my indicators for math. I was aggressive in this situation because she misplaced about eight of my indicators. I worked hard on them and I need to finish math with a time limit of three weeks to graduate. So yes, I had to be aggressive and it helped. She found the missing worksheets and I phased up that day.

A situation where I had assertive interaction was when I had to ask my dad if I could do something. He's my dad and he's strict so , you know, I had to be polite.