Annabelle believes that Gordon has committed a relational transgression, but Gordon insists that he has “done nothing wrong” and that Annabelle is “making something out of nothing.” Gordon’s is using the strategy called ______.

A. metacommunication.
B. appeasement
C. denial
D. relationship talk


C. denial

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