Using Assertiveness Strategies. For any one of the following situations, compose (a) an aggressive, (b) a nonassertive, and (c) an assertive response. Then, in one sentence, explain why your message of assertiveness will be more effective than the aggressive or nonassertive message.

a. Youve just redecorated your apartment, making it exactly as you want it. A good friend of yours brings you a house giftthe ugliest poster youve ever seenand insists that you hang it over your fireplace, the focal point of your living room.

b. Your friend borrows $30 and promises to pay youback tomorrow. But tomorrow passes, as do20 subsequent tomorrows. You know that yourfriend has not forgotten about the debt, andyou also know that your friend has more thanenough money to pay you back.

c. Your next-door neighbor repeatedly asks you totake care of her 4-year-old while she runs some errand or another. You dont mind helpingout in an emergency, but this occurs almost every day.