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Pre-Assessment Test (TYASSK)

Instructions:

This must be filled out by the student (only). This is a pretest to assess students social skill knowledge prior to starting class

The following items are about making and keeping friends and romantic relationships. After you read each item, there will be a couple of choices to choose from. Decide which choice is the best by bubbling in the best answer. Only choose one answer per item.

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1. The most important part of having a conversation is to:

Trade information
Make sure the other person is laughing and smiling

2. When starting a conversation:

Wait for the person to notice you
Find a common interest

3. If your friend mispronounces a word, you should:

Not police them
Politely point out their mistake to be helpful

4. If you discover that you and a friend like the same thing:

Be repetitive
Don’t be repetitive

5. It’s ALWAYS a good idea to try to make friends with someone who:

Has lots of friends and is popular
Likes the same things as you

6. Friendship is a:

Choice
Gift

7. When you want to exchange contact information with someone:

Go up and nicely ask them for their number
Use a cover story

8. How many messages can you leave in row without hearing back from a person?

1-2
3-4

9. After you make a joke, it’s a good idea to pay attention to:

Whether the other person is laughing
Your humor feedback

10. It is ALWAYS a good sign if someone laughs at your jokes:

False
True

11. When you’re trying to meet a new group of people, it’s a good idea to go up and say hello and introduce yourself:

False
True

12. When you’re trying to enter a group conversation, the FIRST thing you should do is:

Watch and listen to the conversation
Make a comment about what they’re saying

13. If you try to enter a group conversation and the people exclude you:

Start to look away
Make sure they can hear you

14. If you try to join ten different conversations, on average how many times out of ten are you likely to be rejected:

7 out of 10
5 out of 10

15. When having a friend over for a get-together at your home:

Tell your friend what you’re going to do
Have your friend choose the activity

16. If you're having a friend over for a get-together and someone else unexpectedly texts that you really like:

Ask you friend if you can invite them over
Text them later

17. When you’re interested in someone romantically, it’s a good idea to:

Talk to mutual friends
Don’t tell people until you’re sure they like you

18. When you’re flirting with someone, you should make eye contact, smile, and keep looking at them:

True
False

19. When you’re asking someone on a date, you should:

Tell them you like them and ask if they’ll go out with you
Ask what they’re doing on a certain day and time

20. If you ask someone on a date and they turn you down, it’s okay to politely ask them for a reason:

True
False

21. At the end of a date, if you want to kiss goodnight, you should:

Ask your date if you can kiss him or her
Wait for a sign they want to be kissed

22. When you’re on a first date it’s a good idea to give general compliments:

True
False

23. When you FIRST start dating someone, you should:

Tell them about your dating history
Avoid talking about your dating history

24. If a date you like is pressuring you to get physical and you’re not ready, you should:

Date someone else
Change the subject

25. The FIRST thing you should do when you get into an argument is:

Listen and keep your cool
Explain your side

26. When a friend accuses you of doing something you didn’t do:

Say you’re sorry that this happened
Explain your side until they believe you

27. If someone is teasing you and calling you names:

Ignore them or walk away
Give a teasing comeback

28. A good strategy for handling chronic bullying is:

Try to make friends with the person so they won’t bully you
Don’t try to make friends with the person

29. If someone spreads a rumor about you that isn’t true, you should:

Spread the rumor about yourself
Confront the person that started the rumor

30. If someone is gossiping behind your back, you should:

Let them know that the gossip hurts your feelings
Act amazed that anyone would believe the gossip

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