Amanda is extremely bothered by the behavior of Joel, her fiance. He has a habit of chewing his fingernails. She wants to shout out to him, "stop chewing your fingernails, that is so gross!"

Instead, she quietly reminds him, "honey, I'm concerned about all of the germs that you are exposing yourself to by biting your fingernails." This is an example of ____.

a. compromising c. submissiveness
b. passive aggressiveness d. leveling and editing


ANS: D

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