Read the Following Conversation and Then Answer Questions

question 18

Multiple Choice

Read the following conversation and then answer questions
Marissa: You've been on the phone for an hour-get off!
Nicole: Okay.
Marissa: Now!
[ tells her friend she will call her later and hangs up.]
Marissa: Thank you.
Nicole: Ask a little more nicely next time.
-Now consider the first pairing of messages in this conversation. Marissa says "You've been on the phone for an hour-get off!" and Nicole says "Okay." This message pairing is an example of:

• A) submissive symmetry
• B) competitive symmetry
• C) a transition
• D) complementarity

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