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THE ASSERTION TEST
I want you to perform an exercise here that participants in my labor and management motivation programs perform. Remember that, in the P.R.I.C.E. motivation model, the second step—after you have Pinpointed a Behavior that needs changing — is to Record precisely where you are with regard to that Behavior, so that you will have a "baseline" for future measurement. We've just implicitly Pinpointed a Behavior that all of us, to some degree or another, need to work on: the tendency to be either passive or aggressive, and thus to avoid being assertive. Now we move to the Recording step, and ask you to measure your own assertiveness with reference to an Assertion Scale designed to show you how effective you are in asking for what you want.Begin by looking at the list of situations in Assertion Test (see below), most of which you have probably already encountered at one time or another. Notice that, for each situation, you are to measure two things. In Column A, put down, on a scale of 1 to 5, the degree of discomfort you would feel in performing the individual situational behavior. In Column B, using the same 1 to 5 scale, say how frequently you would perform that behavior anyway, in spite of your discomfort level. When you're finished making those two sets of personal measurements, you'll have two columns of numbers. Total these two columns, so that you have two sums, one indicating your "discomfort degree" and the other indicating your "response probability."
Now, using these totals, determine whether which of the four basic profiles describes your ability to be assertive:
1. Assertive
2. Anxious performer
3. Assertion problem
4. Why bother?
Type 1 – Assertive
Discomfort level less than 87
Response probability less than 106
Type 2 – Anxious performer
Discomfort level more than 87
Response probability less than 106
Type 3 – Assertion problem
Discomfort level more than 87
Response probability more than 106
Type 2 – Why bother?
Discomfort level less than 87
Response probability more than 106
This scale, developed internally at the Tarkenton Productivity Group, is designed to show you not only how assertive you are in your day-to-day interactions with others, but also how effective your particular assertiveness level is, not just in terms of your motivational impact on others, but also in terms of your own internal sense of well-being.
You now have a preliminary "fix" on where you stand with regard to the two variables of Discomfort and Response Probability. How do you interpret this fix?
Come back next week.
ASSERTION TEST
Col A = Degree of discomfort in behaving this way
Scale: 1 = none; 2 = a little; 3 = a fair amount; 4 = much; 5 = very much
Col B = Response probability
Scale: 1 = always do it; 2 = usually; 3 = do it half the time; 4 = rarely do it; 5 = never do it
1. Turn down a request to borrow your car. _____________ _____________
2. Compliment a friend. _____________ _____________
3. Ask a favor of someone. _____________ _____________
4. Resist sales pressure. _____________ _____________
5. Apologize when you are at fault. _____________ _____________
6. Turn down a request for a meeting. _____________ _____________
7. Admit fear and request consideration. _____________ _____________
8. Tell a person you are intimately involved with when he/she
says or does something that bothers you. _____________ _____________
9. Ask for a raise. _____________ _____________
10. Admit ignorance in some area. _____________ _____________
11. Turn down a request to borrow money. _____________ _____________
12. Ask personal questions. _____________ _____________
13. Turn off a talkative friend. _____________ _____________
14. Ask for constructive criticism. _____________ _____________
15. Initiate a conversation with a stranger. _____________ _____________
16. Compliment a person you are close to of the opposite sex. _____________ _____________
17. Request a meeting with a person. _____________ _____________
18. Your initial request for a meeting is turned down and you
ask the person again at a later time. _____________ _____________
19. Admit confusion about a point under discussion and ask
for clarification. _____________ _____________
20. Apply for a job. _____________ _____________
21. Ask whether you have offended someone. _____________ _____________
22. Tell someone that you like them. _____________ _____________
23. Request expected service when such is not forthcoming;
e.g. in a restaurant. _____________ _____________
24. Discuss openly with the person his/her criticism of your
behavior. _____________ _____________
25. Return defective items to a store. _____________ _____________
26. Express an opinion that differs from that of the person
you are talking to. _____________ _____________
27. Resist sexual overtures when you are not interested. _____________ _____________
28. Tell the person when you feel he/she has done something
that is unfair to you. _____________ _____________
29. Tell someone good news about yourself. _____________ _____________
30. Resist pressure to drink. _____________ _____________
31. Resist a significant person’s unfair demand. _____________ _____________
32. Quit a job. _____________ _____________
33. Discuss openly with the person his/her criticism of
your work. _____________ _____________
34. Request the return of borrowed items. _____________ _____________
35. Receive compliments. _____________ _____________
36. Continue to converse with someone who disagrees
with you. _____________ _____________
37. Tell a friend or someone with whom you work when
he/she does something that bothers you. _____________ _____________
38. Ask a person who is annoying you in a public
situation to stop. _____________ _____________
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