Choose a classmate, friend, or family member to work with as your partner. You'll practice having a conversation in which a friend (played by your partner) will try to persuade you to drink alcohol in a situation that you're not comfortable with.
You'll practice assertive refusal.
Also pay attention to body language C during your conversation.
Try to be assertive both verbally and with your body language.
Scenario: Imagine you're on a camping trip with a group of friends.
One friend (played by your partner) pulls a bottle of liquor out of a backpack and starts to pass it.
Your entire group of friends drinks from the bottle before passing it to you.
Begin your dialogue with your friend by assertively refusing the drink.
You may explain your refusal in any way that makes the most sense to you.
Your friend should then respond by trying to persuade you.
Continue this role-playing until each of you has had a few opportunities to speak.

Describe the conversation you had with your friend.
In what ways were you assertive in your refusal? Describe your body language.
What methods of persuasion did your friend use?
Were they difficult to resist?
Why or why not?
If you found yourself in a similar situation, would you be able to practice assertive refusal? Explain.

Ineed . read the passage, and choose the three (3) inferences that are most firmly based on the given information. your sister has a new boyfriend. the first time you meet him, he corners you and talks to you for an hour about football, a subject in which you have no interest at all. you come away with the impression that he is an inconsiderate bore. the next two times you see him, however, he says not a word about football. he participates in the general conversation and makes some witty and intelligent remarks. what is your impression of him now? do you find him likable and interesting on the basis of the last two encounters? do you average out the early minus and the later plus and come out with a neutral zero? neither is likely. what is likely is that you still think of him as an inconsiderate bore. psychological research suggests that first impressions, as our mothers and fathers told us, are quite lasting. 1. the words “neutral zero” refer to an impression that is positive. 2. the words “neutral zero” refer to an impression that is neither positivenor negative. 3. the selection suggests that it’s a good idea to make good firstimpressions. 4. the selection suggests that it can be difficult to remain objective aboutothers. 5. first impressions tend to be fair and balance