A Week Ago, Amelia Had a Disagreement with Gurinder

question 22

Multiple Choice

A week ago, Amelia had a disagreement with Gurinder. Because Gurinder has not spoken to her since, she now thinks he does not like or respect her. As a result, she is thinking about what happened more and more often. Gurinder considered the disagreement to be minor, and has not given it a second thought since it occurred. Contrary to what Amelia thinks, he has not been avoiding her; their paths simply have not crossed. For Amelia, what stage has the conflict with Gurinder reached?

• A) Discomfort stage
• B) Discomfort and/or incident stage
• C) Incidents and/or misunderstanding stage
• D) Misunderstanding and/or tension stage
• E) Crisis stage

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