Listed below are 10 interpersonal communication situations. Imagine that you are involved in each situation.

Then, indicate how confident you are that you could communicate competently using the following scale 5 Very satisfied that I could communicate competently 4 Somewhat satisfied that I could communicate competently 3 Not sure how effectively I could communicate 2 Somewhat dissatisfied with my ability to communicate effectively 1 Very dissatisfied with my ability to communicate effectively 1. Someone asks you personal questions that you feel uncomfortable answering. You’d like to tell the person that you don’t want to answer, but you don’t want to hurt the person’s feelings.
2. You think a friend of yours is starting to drink more alcohol than is healthy. You want to bring up the topic with your friend, but you don’t want to create a barrier in the friendship.
3. You really care about the person you’ve been dating recently, but neither of you has ever put your feelings in words. You’d like to express how you feel but aren’t sure how your partner will respond.
4. During a heated discussion about social issues, the person with whom you are talking says, “Why won’t you hear me out fairly??!”
5. A friend shares his creative writing with you and asks if you think he has any talent. You don’t think the writing is very good, and you need to respond to his request for an opinion.
6. Your roommate’s habits are really getting on your nerves. You want to tell your roommate you’re bothered, but you don’t want to cause hurt.
7. A classmate asks you for notes for the classes he missed. You agree but then discover he has missed nearly half of the classes and expects you to bail him out. You feel that’s exploitive.
8. You go to a party and discover that you don’t know anyone there.
9. The person you have been dating declares “I love you.” You care about the person but your feelings are not love, at least not yet. The person expects some response from you.
10. A person that you care about comes to you whenever he has problems he wants to discuss, and you give him attention and advice.
When you want to talk about your problems, however, he doesn’t seem to have time. You want the friendship to continue, but you don’t like feeling that it’s one-way.
TOTAL (Add up the numbers you placed in each blank. Make sure that your total is between 10 and 50).