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Have you ever been afraid to talk back when you were treated unfairly Have you ever bought something just because the salesman talked you into it Are you afraid to ask someone for a date
Many people are afraid to assert themselves, Dr. Alberti, author of Stand Up, Speak Out, and Talk Back, thinks it’ s because their self - respect is low. "Our whole set-up is designed to make people distrust themselves, "says Alberti, "There’ s always ’ superior’ around a parent, a teacher, a boss who ’ knows better’. There superiors often gain when they chip away at your self - image."
But Alberti and other scientists are doing something to help people assert themselves. They offer "assertiveness training" courses, AT for short. In the AT courses people learn that they have a right to be themselves. They learn to speak out and feel good about doing so. They learn to be more active without hurt
A. people are easily cheated when they buy something
B. people are afraid to speak for themselves
C. some people think too low of themselves
D. some people are afraid of superiors
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Have you ever been afraid to talk back when you were treated unfairly Have you ever bought something just because the salesman talked you into it Are you afraid to ask someone for a date
Many people are afraid to assert themselves, Dr. Alberti, author of Stand Up, Speak Out, and Talk Back, thinks it’ s because their self - respect is low. "Our whole set-up is designed to make people distrust themselves, "says Alberti, "There’ s always ’ superior’ around a parent, a teacher, a boss who ’ knows better’. There superiors often gain when they chip away at your self - image."
But Alberti and other scientists are doing something to help people assert themselves. They offer "assertiveness training" courses, AT for short. In the AT courses people learn that they have a right to be themselves. They learn to speak out and feel good about doing so. They learn to be more active without hurt
A. persuade somebody to change his mind
B. answer showing disagreement
C. talk and go back
D. fight bravely
Passage Two
If you have ever been mistaken for somebody else, you can certainly sympathize with two young women from Maryland, both named Wanda Marie Johnson.
One Wanda was living and working in Washington, D.C., when she became confused with the second Wanda, a former resident of the area, whom she’d never met. Both Wan- das were born on June 15, 1953, and their social security numbers are the same except for the final three digits. Amazingly, they both moved from Washington to St. George’s Grenada.
Both women drove cars of the same year and model, which really confused the computers at the Department of Motor Vehicles. When one of the Wandas applied for her driver’s license, she was told she already had one and that she was required to wear glasses while driving. She spoke to four supervisors before convincing the authorities that her vision was perfect and that she really did need a license. She then received two licenses instea
A. computers caused the problem for the two Wandas
B. the only similarity between the two women was their name
C. the newspapers helped solved the problem for the two Wandas
D. the women's problems were solved when one moved to Grenada
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