Pooja is a senior in college with plans for attending medical school. To keep up her grades, she spends most nights and weekends studying and completing assignments. Brizy, Pooja’s best friend and roommate, recently complained to Pooja: “You don’t have time to hang out. It’s been months since we’ve watched a movie together. We don’t talk like we used to.” Pooja wants to be a good student but that’s keeping her from also being a good friend. She’s frustrated by the fact that the demands of her roles as a student are, at least for now, incompatible with the roles of best friend. Pooja is experiencing ______.
A. role coalition
B. role conflict
C. role strain
D. role reversal
B. role conflict
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