Pedro promised his brother that he’d let him play video games with him and his friend, but he used a sarcastic tone and rolled his eyes at his friend to show that he didn’t really mean it. Pedro’s verbal and nonverbal messages were _____.

a. ethical
b. contradictory
c. congruent
d. unintentional


contradictory

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